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GreekG4408Noun (Feminine)

πρῷρα

prōra

2Occurrences
G4408Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the prow, i.e. forward part of a vessel

feminine of a presumed derivative of G4253 (πρό) as noun;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-*ης *(for Att. -ας, see Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, l 2), ἡ, the forward part of a ship, the prow: opposite to πρύμνα, ib.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πρῷρα appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2

Key Passages

Acts 27:30BSB

Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

Acts 27:41BSB

But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.