Greek Word Study · Strong’s G45
ἄγκυρα
agkura · “anchor”
Used 4 times across 2 books
Definition
ἄγκυρα, -ας, ἡ (ἄγκος, a bend), [in Sm.: Jer.52:18 * ;]
an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40 ; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.†
an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40 ; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.†
Where it appears
Acts3
Hebrews1
In the text
Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.Acts 27:30And 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 27:40And 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.Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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