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Koine Greek wordlink #104307

SR GNT Acts 27:40 ἀγκύρας (agkuras) ‘and the anchors having cut_away they were allowing them in’ 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 27:30 ‘as from the bow anchors going to_be stretching_out’ SR GNT Acts 27:30 word 22

OET-LV: 30 And the the_sailors seeking to _flee out _of the ship, and having _lowered the lifeboat into the sea, on _under _pretense as going to _be _stretching _out anchors from the_bow, (ACT_27:30)

OET-RV: 30 Then the sailors lowered the lifeboat as if planning to pull out some anchors from the bow, but really planning to desert the ship. (ACT 27:30)

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

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