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Lexicon :: Strong's G45 - agkyra

Aa
ἄγκυρα
Transliteration
agkyra (Key)
Pronunciation
ang'-koo-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ἀγκάλη (G43)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄγκυρα ánkyra, ang'-koo-rah; from the same as G43; an "anchor" (as crooked):—anchor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G45 in the following manner: anchor (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G45 in the following manner: anchor (4x).

  1. an anchor

  2. metaph. any stay or safeguard

    Ancient anchors resembled modern ones in form: they were of iron, provided with a stock, and with two teeth-like extremities often but by no means without flukes.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄγκυρα ánkyra, ang'-koo-rah; from the same as G43; an "anchor" (as crooked):—anchor.
STRONGS G45:
ἄγκυρα, -ας, ἡ [see ἀγκάλη], an anchor — [ancient anchors resembled modern in form: were of iron, provided with a stock, and with two teeth-like extremities often but by no means always without flukes; see Roschach in Daremberg and Saglio's Dict. des Antiq. (1873), p. 267; Guhl and Koner, p. 258]: ῥίπτειν to cast (Latin jacere), Acts 27:29; ἐκτείνειν, Acts 27:30; περιαίρειν, Acts 27:40.
Figuratively, any stay or safeguard: as hope, Hebrews 6:19; Euripides, Hec. 78 (80); Heliodorus vii., p. 352 (350).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
27:29; 27:30; 27:40
Hebrews
6:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G45 matches the Greek ἄγκυρα (agkyra),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Fearing G5399 that we might run G1601 aground G1601 somewhere G4225 on the [fn]rocks, G5138 they cast G4496 four G5064 anchors G45 from the stern G4403 and [fn]wished G2172 for daybreak. G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 - But as the sailors G3492 were trying G2212 to escape G5343 from the ship G4143 and had let G5465 down G5465 the ship’s boat G4627 into the sea, G2281 on the pretense G4392 of intending G3195 to lay G1614 out anchors G45 from the bow, G4408

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - And casting G4014 off G4014 the anchors, G45 they left G1439 them in the sea G2281 while at the same G260 time G260 they were loosening G447 the ropes G2202 of the rudders; G4079 and hoisting G1869 the foresail G736 to the wind, G4154 they were heading G2722 for the beach. G123

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:19 - [fn]This G3739 hope we have G2192 as an anchor G45 of the soul, G5590 a hope both G5037 sure G804 and steadfast G949 and one which enters G1525 [fn]within G2082 the veil, G2665
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