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Koine Greek wordlink #104317

SR GNT Acts 27:40 ζευκτηρίας (zeuktaʸrias) ‘at_once having unfastened the ropes of the rudders and’ Strongs=22020 Lemma=zeuktēria^*
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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Only use of identical word form ζευκτηρίας (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

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

Acts 27:40 ‘at_once having unfastened the ropes of the rudders and’ SR GNT Acts 27:40 word 13

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)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘zeuktēria’ in the Greek originals.

Greek words (1) other than ζευκτηρίας (N-AFP) with a gloss related to ‘ropes’

ACTs 27:32 σχοινία (sⱪoinia) N-ANP Lemma=sχoinion ‘the soldiers the ropes of the lifeboat and’ SR GNT Acts 27:32 word 7

OET-LV: 32 Then the soldiers cut _off the ropes of _the lifeboat, and they _allowed her to _run _aground. (ACT_27:32)

OET-RV: 32 so the soldiers cut the ropes attaching the lifeboat and allowed it to run aground. (ACT 27:32)

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