πρῷρα (Rec. incorrectly πρώρα, see Bl., § 3, 3; LS, see word), -ης (for Att.. -ας, see Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, l 2), ἡ, the forward part of a ship, the prow: Act.27:30; opposite to πρύμνα, ib. Act.27:41.† (AS)
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G4408 — πρῷρα
prōra · bow · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Acts 27:30 · πρῴρηςAs the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,Acts 27:41 · πρῷραBut coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.