UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: πηδάλιον; -ου

Sense 1: rudder

Semantic entry: 6.50

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Boats and Parts of Boats

Definition: a large plank at the stern of a ship used to direct its course

Notes: For some ships the rudder may have been simply a large steering paddle. For languages which have no technical term, a rudder may be described as ‘an instrument for steering the ship’ or ‘an instrument for making the ship go the way one wants it to go.’

Further resources: realia:8.1.8

ACT 27:40: RV ACT 27:40 · LV ACT 27:40 · Read together ACT 27:40

Show passage in OET

OET-RV ACT 27:40

40 so they cut away the anchors that were holding them in the sea and untied the rudder handles. Then raising the foresail, they let the wind blow them into the shore.

OET-LV ACT 27:40

40 And having _cut _away the anchors, they _were _allowing them in the sea, at _once having _unfastened the ropes of _the rudders, and having _lifted _up the foresail to _the wind blowing, they _were _keeping for the shore.

JAM 3:4: RV JAM 3:4 · LV JAM 3:4 · Read together JAM 3:4

Show passage in OET

OET-RV JAM 3:4

4 Similarly, even huge ships that are being driven on by strong winds are controlled by a small rudder and can be steered wherever the captain desires.

OET-LV JAM 3:4

4 Behold, also the ships, so _great being, and by winds hard being _driven, is _being _directed by the_least rudder, wherever the impulse of _the one straightening is _wishing.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πηδάλιον

Form 1

Sense 1: rudder