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Koine Greek wordlink #104133

SR GNT Acts 27:30 ἀγκύρας (agkuras) ‘as from the bow anchors going to_be stretching_out’ Strongs=450 Lemma=agkura
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm TimeSeries=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἀγκύρας (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀγκύρας’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘anchors’.

Acts 27:29 ‘from the stern having thrown_down anchors four they were hoping for day’ SR GNT Acts 27:29 word 18

OET-LV: 29 And fearing lest we _may _run _aground somewhere on rough places, having _thrown _down four anchors from the_stern, they _were _hoping for _day to _become. (ACT_27:29)

OET-RV: 29 Worrying that the ship might run aground on rough rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern as they hoped that daylight would come quickly. (ACT 27:29)

Acts 27:40 ‘and the anchors having cut_away they were allowing them in’ SR GNT Acts 27:40 word 3

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_27:40)

OET-RV: 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. (ACT 27:40)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘agkura’ have 2 different glosses: ‘an anchor’, ‘anchors’.

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural