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Stern <ref name="term_61803" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_178910" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) Fig.: The post of management or direction. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The hinder part of anything. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) The black tern. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63445" /> == | |||
<p> STERN, a. G., staring stubborn. See Stare, Starck, Stark, with which this word is probably connected. </p> 1. Severe austere fixed with an aspect of severity and authority as a stern look a stern countenance a stern frown. <p> I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. </p> 2. Severe of manner rigid harsh cruel. <p> [[Stern]] as tutors, and as uncles hard. </p> <p> [[Ambition]] should be made of sterner stuff. </p> 3. Hard afflictive. <p> If wolves had at thy gate howld that stern time. </p> 4. Rigidly stedfast immovable. <p> Stern virtue is the growth of few soils. </p> <p> STERN, n. </p> 1. The hind part of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat the part opposite to the stern or prow. This part of a ship is terminated by the tafferel above, and by the counters below. 2. Post of management direction. <p> An sit at chiefest stern of public weal. Not in use. We now say, to sit at the helm. </p> 3. The hinder part of any thing. Not elegant. <p> By the stern, is a phrase which denotes that a ship is more deeply laden abaft than forward. </p> | |||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79140" /> == | |||
<div> '''1: '''''Πρύμνα''''' ''' (Strong'S #4403 — Noun [[Feminine]] — prumna — proom'-nah ) </div> <p> the feminine form of the adjective prumnos, "hindmost," is rendered "stern" in Acts 27:29; and in the RV in Acts 27:41; Mark 4:38 . See [[Part]] , A, Note (2). </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61803" /> == | |||
<p> ( '''''Πρύμνα''''' ), the ''Hinder Part'' of a ship (as the word is rendered in Mark 4:38; Acts 27:41), out of which the anchors were anciently fastened ( Acts 27:29). (See [[Ship]]). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_178910"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/stern Stern from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63445"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/stern Stern from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_79140"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/stern Stern from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_61803"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/stern Stern from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_61803"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/stern Stern from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:59, 14 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
(2): ( v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
(3): ( v. t.) Fig.: The post of management or direction.
(4): ( v. t.) The hinder part of anything.
(5): ( v. t.) The tail of an animal; - now used only of the tail of a dog.
(6): ( n.) The black tern.
(7): ( superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
(8): ( a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
King James Dictionary [2]
STERN, a. G., staring stubborn. See Stare, Starck, Stark, with which this word is probably connected.
1. Severe austere fixed with an aspect of severity and authority as a stern look a stern countenance a stern frown.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
2. Severe of manner rigid harsh cruel.
Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
3. Hard afflictive.
If wolves had at thy gate howld that stern time.
4. Rigidly stedfast immovable.
Stern virtue is the growth of few soils.
STERN, n.
1. The hind part of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat the part opposite to the stern or prow. This part of a ship is terminated by the tafferel above, and by the counters below. 2. Post of management direction.
An sit at chiefest stern of public weal. Not in use. We now say, to sit at the helm.
3. The hinder part of any thing. Not elegant.
By the stern, is a phrase which denotes that a ship is more deeply laden abaft than forward.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
the feminine form of the adjective prumnos, "hindmost," is rendered "stern" in Acts 27:29; and in the RV in Acts 27:41; Mark 4:38 . See Part , A, Note (2).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( Πρύμνα ), the Hinder Part of a ship (as the word is rendered in Mark 4:38; Acts 27:41), out of which the anchors were anciently fastened ( Acts 27:29). (See Ship).
