noun · feminine

skafas

Greekσκάφη (skafē)

Strong’sG4627

a boat

stem skaf-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

boat3×

What it means

** σκάφη, -ης, ἡ

(< σκάπτω), [in LXX: Da LXX Bel 32, TH ib. 33 *;]

anything scooped out, esp. a light boat, skiff: Ac 27:16, 30, 32.†

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

Strong’s G4627 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskaf'-ay

a "skiff" (as if dug out), or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing)

King Jamesboat.

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	skafas	skafais
object accusative	skafan1×σκάφην	skafain
direct address vocative	skafar	skafair
of, belonging to genitive	skafau2×σκάφης	skafaiu
to, for dative	skafa	skafai

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

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

skafa 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

skafan“boat”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 27:30“boat”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.

skafau“boat”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Acts 27:16“boat”nēsiem de tinem hupotrecharatois kalirōtem Kaudem ischuana molis perikratois ginera tau skafau,Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

Acts 27:32“boat”tote apokoptala tois stratiōtois teim schoinieim tau skafau kai easala autan ekpiptara.So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.