noun · feminine
prōras
Strong’sG4408
the prow of a ship
stem prōr-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 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.
* 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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
in nominative and accusative singular, Refs 5th c.BC+; nominative πρῷρ᾽ with elision in Refs; accusative πρῴρᾱν is falsa lectio in Refs 3rd c.BC+; πρῴρην is found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+, ἡ, forepart of a ship, prow, εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς πρῴρης Refs 8th c.BC+ [same places], etc.; πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας a contrary wind, opposed to κατὰ πρύμναν, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, πρῷρα βιότου the prow of life's vessel, i.e. early youth, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὦ πρῷρα λοιβῆς Ἑστία thou who art first entitled to it, Refs 5th c.BC+; πάροιθεν πρῴρας.. καρδίας before my heart's prow, in front of my heart, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 end of a vinebranch, Refs 4th c.BC+, compare πρῳρατικό; κυανοπρωΐρους [??] is cited by Refs 8th c.BC+, is doubtful; perhaps from *πρώαιρα, compare νείαιρ; -πρωῑρ- in Refs 8th c.BC+
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 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
prōras“bow”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 27:41… epikellala tan nauan, kai tas men prōras ereidarantas menata asaleutas, tas de prumnas …… a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move …
prōrau“bow”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:30… eis tan thalassan profasia hōs ek prōrau ankurain mellarōntoiu ekteinarō,… Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into …