Strong G4548σανίς
plank
- Transliteration
- sanis
- Pronunciation
- san-ece'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a plank: - board.
Detailed definition
σανίς, -ίδος, ἡ
[in LXX: Sng.8:9, Eze.27:5 (לוּחַ) *;]
a board, plank: Act.27:44
(AS)
[in LXX: Sng.8:9, Eze.27:5 (לוּחַ) *;]
a board, plank: Act.27:44
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4548 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- board1
First verses
- Acts 27:44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σᾰνίς, ίδος, ἡ,
board, plank, timber, σ. πτελεΐνη [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.313.133, compare 22.1672.168, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.22.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.269 (Antip. Thess.), NT.Act.27.44, etc.; σ. ἄξοος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 105)]:—hence anything made thereof,
1 door, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always in plural, folding doors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.453, 461, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128, etc.)]; κολληταὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.583; σ. πυκινῶς ἀραρυῖαι, δικλίδες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.344, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.535; πύλῃσιν ἐπικεκλιμέναι σ. 12.121)]: rarely in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1221.)]
2 wooden platform, scaffold, or stage, ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλῆς σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.51.)]
3 wooden floor, especially ship's deck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1556, 3rd c.BC: Archimelus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.209c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 48.)]
4 bench, seat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 244 B 61 (Delph., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.5.)]
5 lid of box, variant in [LXX (LXX.2Ki.12.9.)]
6 in plural, wooden tablets for writing on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 967 (Lyric poetry))]: especiallyat Athens and elsewhere, tablets covered with gypsum, on which were written all sorts of public notices, especially the causes for hearing in the law-courts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 349, 848)]; laws to be proposed, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.84)]; laws corrected by the Thesmothetae, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39)]; lists of officers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.10; accounts, “IG” 12.374.190)]; names of debtors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.70 (in _sing._), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.237: _sing._ also in “SIG” 975.30 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]; at Rome, of the tables on which the laws were written, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.32.)]
6.b plural, painted panels, pictures, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 977a10 (Delos, 2nd c.BC).)]
7 plank to which offenders were bound or nailed, ζῶντα πρὸς σανίδα διε- (variant{προσδιε-}) πασσάλευσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.33; σανίδι προσπασσαλεύσαντες [prev. author] 9.120, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 341; ἐν τῇ σ. δῆσαι, πρὸς τῇ σ. δεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 931, 940; σανίσι προσδῆσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 67 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
board, plank, timber, σ. πτελεΐνη [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.313.133, compare 22.1672.168, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.22.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.269 (Antip. Thess.), NT.Act.27.44, etc.; σ. ἄξοος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 105)]:—hence anything made thereof,
1 door, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always in plural, folding doors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.453, 461, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.128, etc.)]; κολληταὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.583; σ. πυκινῶς ἀραρυῖαι, δικλίδες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.344, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.535; πύλῃσιν ἐπικεκλιμέναι σ. 12.121)]: rarely in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1221.)]
2 wooden platform, scaffold, or stage, ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλῆς σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.51.)]
3 wooden floor, especially ship's deck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1556, 3rd c.BC: Archimelus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.209c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 48.)]
4 bench, seat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 244 B 61 (Delph., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.5.)]
5 lid of box, variant in [LXX (LXX.2Ki.12.9.)]
6 in plural, wooden tablets for writing on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 967 (Lyric poetry))]: especiallyat Athens and elsewhere, tablets covered with gypsum, on which were written all sorts of public notices, especially the causes for hearing in the law-courts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 349, 848)]; laws to be proposed, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.84)]; laws corrected by the Thesmothetae, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.39)]; lists of officers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.10; accounts, “IG” 12.374.190)]; names of debtors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.70 (in _sing._), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.237: _sing._ also in “SIG” 975.30 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))]; at Rome, of the tables on which the laws were written, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.32.)]
6.b plural, painted panels, pictures, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 977a10 (Delos, 2nd c.BC).)]
7 plank to which offenders were bound or nailed, ζῶντα πρὸς σανίδα διε- (variant{προσδιε-}) πασσάλευσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.33; σανίδι προσπασσαλεύσαντες [prev. author] 9.120, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 341; ἐν τῇ σ. δῆσαι, πρὸς τῇ σ. δεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 931, 940; σανίσι προσδῆσαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 67 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]