UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ἀρτέμων; -ωνος

Sense 1: sail

Semantic entry: 6.49

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Boats and Parts of Boats

Definition: a cloth attached above a boat in such a way as to catch the wind and thus propel the boat through the water

Notes: In OET ACT 27:40 (the only occurrence of ἀρτέμων in the NT) the reference may be to the foresail, that is, a relatively small sail toward the prow of the ship. A sail may be described in some languages as ‘a piece of cloth to make the ship move’ or ‘cloth on the ship to catch the wind.’

Further resources: realia:8.1.5

Show passage in OET: ACT 27:40

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.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀρτέμων

Form 1

Sense 1: sail