Lexical Summary pēdalion: a rudder Original Word: πηδάλιονTransliteration: pēdalion Phonetic Spelling: (pay-dal'-ee-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a rudder Meaning: a rudder Strong's Concordance rudder. Neuter of a (presumed) derivative of pedon (the blade of an oar; from the same as pede); a "pedal", i.e. Helm -- rudder. see GREEK pede Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4079: πηδάλιονπηδάλιον, πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship's rudder :. Acts 27:40 (on the plural see Smith, Voy. and Shipwreck of St. Paul, 4th edition, p. 183ff; B. D., under the word, Ship (2); cf. Graser, Das Seewesen des Alterthums, in the Philologus for 1865, p. 266f); James 3:4. |
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