James 3:4
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.
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James 3:4
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.
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πηδάλιον
pēdálion · pay-dal'-ee-on
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a "pedal", i.e. helm
Strong's KJV usage: :--rudder.
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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.
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helm
HELM, a termination, denotes defense; as in Sighelm, victorious defense. [See Helmet.]
HELM, noun
1. The instrument by which a ship is steered, consisting of a rudder, a tiller, and in large vessels, a wheel. [See Rudder.]
2. Station of government; the place of direction or management; as, to be at the helm in the administration.
HELM, verb transitive To steer; to guide; to direct. [Little used.]
1. To cover with a helmet.
HELM
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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