Creek
King James Dictionary [1]
Creek To make a harsh sharp noise. See Creak.
CREEK, n. See Crack.
1. A small inlet, bay or cove a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
They discovered a certain creek with a shore. Acts 27 .
2. Any turn in winding. 3. A prominence or jut in a winding coast. This sense is probably not legitimate. 4. In some of the American States, a small river. This sense is not justified by etymology, but as streams often enter into creeks and small bays or form them, the name has been extended to small streams in general.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) Any turn or winding.
(2): (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
(3): (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
krēk , colloq. krik (κόλπος , kólpos ( Acts 27:39 ), the Revised Version (British and American) "bay"): The spot has been identified as the traditional Bay of Paul about 8 miles Northwest of the town of Valetta in the island of Malta. See Melita .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( Κόλπος , Bosom , as elsewhere rendered), a bay or inlet from the sea (so Josephus, Ant. 3, 1, 5), e.g. St. Paul's Bay, on the island of Malta (q.v.), where the apostle was wrecked ( Acts 27:39).
