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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76728" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76728" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἄγκυρα''''' ''' (Strong'S #45 — Noun [[Feminine]] — ankura — ang'-koo-rah ) </div> <p> Eng., "anchor," was so called because of its curved form (ankos, "a curve"), Acts 27:29,30,40; Hebrews 6:19 . In Acts 27:13 the verb airo, "to lift," signifies "to lift anchor" (the noun being understood), RV, "they weighed anchor" (AV, "loosing thence"). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64476" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64476" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_19916" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_19916" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Ἄγκυρα''''' ) '','' the instrument fastened in the bottom of the sea to hold a vessel firm during a storm ( Acts 27:29-30; Acts 27:40); from which passage it appears that the vessels of Roman commerce had several anchors, and that they were attached to the stern as well as prow of the boat (see Conybeare and Howson, ''St. Paul,'' 2, 335). The anchors used by the Romans were for the most part made of iron, and their form resembled that of the modern anchor. The anchor as here represented, and as commonly used, was called ''Bidens,'' because it had two teeth or flukes. Sometimes it had one only. The following expressions were used for the three principal processes in managing the anchor: ''Ancoram Solvere, '''''Ἄγκυραν''''' '''''Χαλᾶν''''' ,'' "to loose the anchor;" Ancoram jacere, '''''Βάλλειν''''' , '''''Ῥίπτειν''''' , "to cast anchor;" ''Ancoram Tollere, '''''Αἴρειν''''' '' , '''''Ἀναιρεῖσθαι''''' , '''''Ἀνάσπασθαι''''' , "to weigh anchor." The anchor usually lay on the deck, and was attached to a cable ( ''Funis'' ) '','' which passed through a hole in the prow, termed ''Oculus.'' In the heroic times of [[Greece]] we find large stones, called '''''Εὐναί''''' ( ''Sleepers'' ) '','' used instead of anchors (Hom. ''Iliad,'' 1, 436). See SHIP. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15002" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15002" /> == | ||
