Plank
σανίςStrong’s G4548sanis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sanis is the Greek word usually translated “boards”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.”
Meaning
Usually translated “boards”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boards 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
σανίς sanis · plank
σανίς, -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX: Sng.8:9, Eze.27:5 (לוּחַ) * ;] a board, plank: Act.27:44 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plank” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLANK, noun
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. In America, broad pieces of sawed timber which are not more than an inch or an inch and a quarter thick, are called boards; like pieces from an inch and a half to three or four inches thick, are called planks. Sometimes pieces more than four inches thick are called planks.
All definitions and other forms of “plank”
PLANK, verb transitive
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
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.