Forms of the word

Dictionary
πρῷρα, ης, ἡ
Greek transliteration
prōra
Simplified transliteration
prora

Numbers

Strong's number
4408
GK Number
4749

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1c
Gloss
bow (of a vessel)
Definition
the forepart of a vessel, prow, Acts 27:30, 41*

Greek-English Concordance for πρῷρα

Acts 27:30 But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the dinghy into the sea pretending they intended to let down anchors from the bow (prōrēs | πρῴρης | gen sg fem),
Acts 27:41 But caught in some crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground; the bow (prōra | πρῷρα | nom sg fem) stuck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the force of the waves.

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