G4627: σκάφη
skáphē · “lifeboat”
Definition
a "skiff" (as if dug out), or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing)
KJV translates it as: boat
Extended definition
σκάφη, -ης, ἡ
(σκάπτω), [in LXX: Dan LXX Bel 1:32, TH Bel 1:33 * ;]
anything scooped out, esp. a light boat, skiff: Act.27:16, 30 27:32.†
(AS)
(σκάπτω), [in LXX: Dan LXX Bel 1:32, TH Bel 1:33 * ;]
anything scooped out, esp. a light boat, skiff: Act.27:16, 30 27:32.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4627 is translated
- lifeboat ×2
- lifeboat, ×1
Bible verses with G4627 (skáphē)
Skáphē appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 27:16
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
- 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 27:32
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.