G45: ἄγκυρα
ánkyra · “anchor”
Definition
an "anchor" (as crooked)
KJV translates it as: anchor
Word origin: from the same as G43 (ἀγκάλη);
Extended definition
an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40 ; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G45 is translated
- anchors ×3
- an anchor ×1
Bible verses with G45 (ánkyra)
Ánkyra appears in 4 verses.
- Acts 27:29
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Acts 27:30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
- Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;