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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 27:29 - Y temiendo dar en escollos, echaron cuatro anclas por la popa, y ansiaban que se hiciese de día.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 27:30 - Entonces los marineros procuraron huir de la nave, y echando el esquife al mar, aparentaban como que querían largar las anclas de proa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 27:40 - Cortando, pues, las anclas, las dejaron en el mar, largando también las amarras del timón; e izada al viento la vela de proa, enfilaron hacia la playa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:19 - La cual tenemos como segura y firme ancla del alma, y que penetra hasta dentro del velo,
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