Strong G4627σκάφη
lifeboat
- Transliteration
- skaphē
- Pronunciation
- skaf'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
A skiff (as if dug out) or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing): - boat.
Detailed definition
σκάφη, -ης, ἡ
(σκάπτω), [in LXX: Dan LXX Bel 1:32, TH Bel 1:33 *;]
anything scooped out, esp. a light boat, skiff: Act.27:16, 30 27:32.†
(AS)
(σκάπτω), [in LXX: Dan LXX Bel 1:32, TH Bel 1:33 *;]
anything scooped out, esp. a light boat, skiff: Act.27:16, 30 27:32.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4627 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- boat3
First verses
- Acts 27:16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
- Acts 27:30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
- Acts 27:32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκᾰφ-η, ἡ:
I trough, tub, basin, or bowl [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _diminutive_ σκαφίς), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 742, etc.)]; kneading-trough or baker's tray, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 33, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.102)]; wash-tub, bath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 225, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 234)]; bowl or tray on which offerings were carried by metoeci at the Panathenaea, etc., [Refs (“IG” 12.844.6, 22.1388.46, +others, Semus 5)]; compare σκαφηφόρος: proverbial, τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει [Refs 1st c.AD+ (15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 15.95b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.178b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 41, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.208a.)]
I.2 light boat, skiff, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1315)] (with a pun on signification [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1), “PCair.Zen.” 25.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.23.7)]; used for cargo, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1742.9 (1st c.BC))]; boat-load, ξύλων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PGrad.” 9.5 (3rd c.BC).)]
I.3 child's cradle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b25, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 3, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.106, +others, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 138 (probably).)]
I.4 grave, [Refs (“BCH” 24.394 (from Bithynia).)]
II concave sun-dial, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 9.8.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.10, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.110)]. (Prob. originally something dug or scooped out, from σκάπτω.)
I trough, tub, basin, or bowl [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _diminutive_ σκαφίς), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 742, etc.)]; kneading-trough or baker's tray, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 33, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.102)]; wash-tub, bath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 225, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 234)]; bowl or tray on which offerings were carried by metoeci at the Panathenaea, etc., [Refs (“IG” 12.844.6, 22.1388.46, +others, Semus 5)]; compare σκαφηφόρος: proverbial, τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει [Refs 1st c.AD+ (15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 15.95b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.178b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 41, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.208a.)]
I.2 light boat, skiff, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1315)] (with a pun on signification [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1), “PCair.Zen.” 25.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.23.7)]; used for cargo, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1742.9 (1st c.BC))]; boat-load, ξύλων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PGrad.” 9.5 (3rd c.BC).)]
I.3 child's cradle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b25, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 3, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.106, +others, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 138 (probably).)]
I.4 grave, [Refs (“BCH” 24.394 (from Bithynia).)]
II concave sun-dial, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 9.8.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.10, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.110)]. (Prob. originally something dug or scooped out, from σκάπτω.)