noun · neuter
pēdaliem
Strong’sG4079
the rudder of a ship
stem pēdali-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* πηδάλιον, -ου, τό
(< πηδός, the blade of an oar),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4079 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpay-dal'-ee-on
from the same as G3976); a "pedal", i.e. helm
Fromneuter of a (presumed) derivative of πηδόν (the blade of an oar;
King Jamesrudder.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(πηδόν) steering-paddle, rudder, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. δὲ ἓν ποιεῦνται (i.e. Αἰγύπτιοι) καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς τρόπιος διαβύνεται Refs 5th c.BC+; Greek ships had a pair, hence in plural, of a single ship, Refs 5th c.BC+; πηδάλια ζεύγλαισι (cross-bars) παρακαθίετο Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν π. NT; πηδάλια εἶχε τέτταρα τριακονταπήχη, of the τεσσαρακοντήρης of Ptolemy IV, Refs 3rd c.BC+ to retire from a seafaring life, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, ἱππικὰ π., of reins, Refs 5th c.BC+
II in plural, of the oars by which the nautilus is said to steer himself, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the long hind legs of the locust and grasshopper, Refs
III ={πολύγονον ἄρρεν}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | pēdaliem | pēdalieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | pēdalieu1×πηδαλίου | pēdalieiu1×πηδαλίων |
| to, for dative | pēdalie | pēdaliei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pēdalie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
pēdalieu“rudder”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
James 3:4… anemoiu sklēroiu elaunorōnteim, metagotō hupo elachisteu pēdalieu hopou tas hormas tou euthunarōntou boulotō;… are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
pēdalieiu“rudders”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 27:40… thalassan, hama aniēkarantois tain zeuktēriain teiu pēdalieiu, kai epararantois ton artemōnon ta pnarōnta …… loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to …