πρῶρα
prōra · bow
Greek word · Strong’s number G4408 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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prōra (πρῶρα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bow”.
Prow: the front of a ship.
How to say it
prō·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The front part of a ship.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- Acts 27:30
And when the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,
- Acts 27:41
But coming upon a place where two seas met, they grounded the vessel; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force.