Acts 27:41:12Acts.27.41.W12TAB
πρῷρα
proira
“bow”
- Transliteration
- PROI-ra
- Extended
- PROI-rah
- IPA
- /ˈproi.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- bow
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PROI-ra
- sentence
pe-ri-pe-SON-tes de eis TO-pon di-THA-las-son e-PE-kei-lan tên NAUN kai hê men PROI-ra e-REI-sa-sa E-mei-nen a-SA-leu-tos hê de PRYM-na e-LY-e-to hy-PO tês BI-as
Exegesis
A men...de {μὲν...δὲ | men...de} contrast then divides the narrative: in the first clause the subject hē prōra {ἡ πρῷρα | hē prôra} ‘the bow’ is modified by the participle ereisasa {ἐρείσασα | ereísasa} and the finite verb emeinen {ἔμεινεν | émeinen} with the adjective asáleutos {ἀσάλευτος | asáleutos}, illustrating stability and immovability.
Root and etymology
prōpi–rho–omega
“forward, first”
In context — Acts 27:41
But after falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:41:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 27:41, so the Greek word πρῷρα (proira) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.27.41.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.41.W12.S1) and character.