noun · feminine
prōras
Greekπρῷρα (prōra)
Strong’sG4408
the prow of a ship
stem prōr-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* πρῷρα (Rec. incorrectly πρώρα, v. Bl., § 3, 3; LS, s.v.), -ης (for Att. -ας, v. Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, l 2), ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4408 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpro'-ra
the prow, i.e. forward part of a vessel
Fromfeminine of a presumed derivative of G4253 as noun;
King Jamesforepart(-ship).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prōras1×πρῷρα | prōrais |
| object accusative | prōran | prōrain |
| direct address vocative | prōrar | prōrair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prōrau1×πρῴρης | prōraiu |
| to, for dative | prōra | prōrai |
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
prōra 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
prōras“bow”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 27:41“bow”peripiptaratois de eis topon dithalasson epikellala tan nauan, kai tas men prōras ereidaratas menata asaleutas, tas de prumnas luite hupo tau biau.But the ship 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.
prōrau“bow”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:30“bow”toiu de nautoiu zētarōtoiu feugara ek teu ploieu kai chalaratoiu tan skafan eis tan thalassan profasia hōs ek prōrau ankurain mellarōtoiu ekteinarō,Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.