King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G45
Transliteration: ankyra
Phonetic Spelling: (ang'-koo-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an anchor
Meaning: an anchor
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 (Latinjacere), 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).
Word Summary
ankyra: an anchor
Original Word: ἄγκυραTransliteration: ankyra
Phonetic Spelling: (ang'-koo-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an anchor
Meaning: an anchor
Strong's Concordance
anchor. From the same as agkale; an "anchor" (as crooked) -- anchor.
see GREEK agkale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 45: ἄγκυραἄγκυρα, (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 (Latinjacere), 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).