Rudder
πηδάλιονStrong’s G4079pēdalion
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pēdalion is the Greek word usually translated “rudders” and “rudder”. It appears in 2 verses 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 “rudders” and “rudder”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- rudders 1
- rudder 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- James 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
πηδάλιον pēdalion · rudder
πηδάλιον, -συ, τό (πηδός, the blade of an oar), a rudder: Jas.3:4; pl., Act.27:40.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rudder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RUD'DER, noun
[See Row. The oar was the first rudder used by man, and is still the instrument of steering certain boats.]
- In navigation, the instrument by which a ship is steered; that part of the helm which consists of a piece of timber, broad at the bottom, which enters the water and is attached to the stern-post by hinges, on which it turns.
- That which guides or governs the course.
- A sieve. [Local.
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.