Rope
ζευκτηρίαStrong’s G2202zeuktēria
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Zeuktēria is the Greek word usually translated “ropes”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ropes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ropes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ζευκτηρία zeuktēria · rope
ζευκτήριος, -α -ον (ζεύγνυμι), fit for joining. As subst., (a) ζευκτήριον, τό = ζυγόν, a yoke; (b) ζευκτηρία, -ας, ἡ = ζεύγλη, the crossbar of a double rudder: Act.27:40 (found nowhere else).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rope” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROPE, noun
- A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together.
- A row or string consisting of a number of things united; as a rope of onions.
- Ropes, the intestines of birds.
All definitions and other forms of “rope”
ROPE, verb intransitive
To draw out or extend into a filament or thread, by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Any glutinous substance will rope considerably before it will part.
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.