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Lexicon :: Strong's G45 - agkyra

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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

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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 Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Then fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern [to slow the ship] and kept wishing for daybreak to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 - But as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - So they cut the cables and severed the anchors and left them in the sea while at the same time [fn]unlashing the ropes of the rudders; and after hoisting the foresail to the wind, they headed steadily for the beach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:19 - This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],
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