noun · feminine
zeuktērias
Greekζευκτηρία (zeuktēria)
Strong’sG2202
a band, fastening
stem zeuktēri-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ζευκτήριος, -α -ον
(< ζεύγνυμι),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2202 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddzook-tay-ree'-ah
a fastening (tiller-rope)
Fromfeminine of a derivative (at the second stage) from the same as G2218;
King Jamesband.
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 | zeuktērias | zeuktēriais |
| object accusative | zeuktērian | zeuktēriain1×ζευκτηρίας |
| direct address vocative | zeuktēriar | zeuktēriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | zeuktēriau | zeuktēriaiu |
| to, for dative | zeuktēria | zeuktēriai |
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
zeuktēria 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
zeuktēriain“ropes”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 27:40“ropes”kai tain ankurain periairaratois easale eis tan thalassan, hama aniēkaratois tain zeuktēriain teiu pēdalieiu, kai epairaratois ton artemōnon ta pnarōta katechale eis ton aigialon.Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.