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Strong's Greek · G45

ἄγκυρα

ánkyra

Definitionan "anchor" (as crooked)
Derivationfrom the same as G43 (ἀγκάλη);
KJV usageanchor
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 4 verses

ἄγκυρα in Scripture

Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. Acts 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Acts 27:40 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. Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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This Word

Strong's
G45
Original
ἄγκυρα
Transliteration
ánkyra
Language
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