And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleπηδάλιον
G4079 · pēdálion · pay-dal'-ee-on · Greek
Strong’s definition
a "pedal", i.e. helm
KJV usage
:--rudder.
2mapped occurrences
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2KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
rudder 1helm 1
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Acts 27:40Mapped KJV word: rudder
James 3:4Mapped KJV word: helm
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.