G736: ἀρτέμων
artémōn · “foresail”
Definition
properly, something ready (or else more remotely from G142 (αἴρω) (compare G740 (ἄρτος)); something hung up), i.e. (specially) the topsail (rather foresail or jib) of a vessel
KJV translates it as: mainsail
Word origin: from a derivative of G737 (ἄρτι);
Extended definition
ἀρτέμων, -ωνος (Rec. -ονος), ὁ
(ἀρτάω, to fasten to),
a fore-sail or top-sail: Act.27:40 (see DB, ext., 366b, 399a; MM, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀρτάω, to fasten to),
a fore-sail or top-sail: Act.27:40 (see DB, ext., 366b, 399a; MM, see word).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G736 is translated
- foresail ×1
Bible verses with G736 (artémōn)
Artémōn appears in 1 verse.
- 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.