noun · feminine

prumnas

Greekπρύμνα (prumna)

Strong’sG4403

the stern of a ship

stem prumn-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

stern3×

What it means

* πρύμνα, -ης, ἡ,

prop. fem. of adj. πρύμνος, -η, -ον, (sc. ναῦς), the hindmost part of a ship, the stern: Mk 4:38, Ac 27:29; opp. to πρῷρα, Ac 27:41.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4403 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidproom'-nah

the stern of a ship

Fromfeminine of πρυμνύς (hindmost);

King Jameshinder part, stern.

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	prumnas1×πρύμνα	prumnais
object accusative	prumnan	prumnain
direct address vocative	prumnar	prumnair
of, belonging to genitive	prumnau1×πρύμνης	prumnaiu
to, for dative	prumna1×πρύμνῃ	prumnai

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

prumnstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prumna 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

prumnas“stern”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 27:41“stern”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.

prumnau“stern”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 27:29“stern”foberōtois tē mē pou kata trachuoin topoin ekpiptaneia ek prumnau riptaratois ankurain tessares euchele hēmeran ginera.Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

prumna“stern”to, fordative singular1×

Mark 4:38“stern”kai autos ate en ta prumna epi tem proskefalaiem katheudarōtos; kai egeiralō auton kai legalō auto; Didaskalor, ouk meleiatō si hoti apolluenō?But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”