Reef
σπιλάςStrong’s G4694spilas
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Spilas is the Greek word usually translated “hidden reefs”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”
Meaning
Usually translated “hidden reefs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hidden reefs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jude 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σπιλάς spilas · reef
σπιλάς, -άδος, ἡ (on the gender in Ju, l.with, see Mayor, Ju., 41), 1. poët. in cl., a rock or reef over which the sea dashes (Polyb., FlJ, al.). Metaphorical, of men whose conduct causes danger to others, Ju 12, R, txt. (but see infr.). 2. In late writers = σπίλος (which see), a spot, stain; metaphorically, Ju, l.with, R, mg. (cf. Mayor, 41, but see supr.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “reef” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REEF, noun
All definitions and other forms of “reef”
REEF, noun
REEF, verb transitive
[from the noun.]
To contract or reduce the extent of a sail by rolling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard.
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.