G3902: παράσημος
parásēmos · “figurehead”
Definition
side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship)
KJV translates it as: sign
Word origin: from G3844 (παρά) and the base of G4591 (σημαίνω);
Extended definition
παράσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 * ;]
1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,
2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).
3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).†
(AS)
(σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 * ;]
1. in cl., marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later,
2. marked at the side, annotated (Plut.).
3. marked with a sign (LXX); as subst., a figurehead : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3902 is translated
- with a figurehead of ×1
Bible verses with G3902 (parásēmos)
Parásēmos appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 28:11
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.