Anchor
ἄγκυραStrong’s G0045agkura
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Agkura is the Greek word usually translated “anchors” and “anchor”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.”
Meaning
Usually translated “anchors” and “anchor”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- anchors 3
- an anchor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 27:30And 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 27:40And 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 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Greek dictionary
ἄγκυρα agkura · anchor
ἄγκυρα, -ας, ἡ (ἄγκος, a bend), [in Sm.: Jer.52:18 * ;] an anchor: Act.27:29, 30 40 ; figuratively (MM, VGT, see word), Heb.6:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “anchor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'CHOR, noun
[Latin anchora; Gr.]
- An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water.
- In a figurative sense, that which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast” Hebrews 6:19
- In architecture, anchors are carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor It is commonly a part of the ornaments of the boultins of capitals in the Tuscan, Doric and Ionic orders, and on the moldings of cornices.
All definitions and other forms of “anchor”
AN'CHOR, verb transitive
- To place at anchor; to moor; as to anchor a ship.
- To fix or fasten on; to fix in a stable condition
AN'CHOR, verb intransitive
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship anchored off the isle of Wight.
- To stop; to fix or rest on.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.