King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4079
Transliteration: pēdalion
Phonetic Spelling: (pay-dal'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a rudder
Meaning: a rudder
πηδάλιον, πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship's rudder :. Acts 27:40 (on the plural see Smith, Voy. and Shipwreck of St. Paul, 4th edition, p. 183ff; B. D., under the word, Ship (2); cf. Graser, Das Seewesen des Alterthums, in the Philologus for 1865, p. 266f); James 3:4.
Word Summary
pēdalion: a rudder
Original Word: πηδάλιονTransliteration: pēdalion
Phonetic Spelling: (pay-dal'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a rudder
Meaning: a rudder
Strong's Concordance
rudder. Neuter of a (presumed) derivative of pedon (the blade of an oar; from the same as pede); a "pedal", i.e. Helm -- rudder.
see GREEK pede
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4079: πηδάλιονπηδάλιον, πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship's rudder :. Acts 27:40 (on the plural see Smith, Voy. and Shipwreck of St. Paul, 4th edition, p. 183ff; B. D., under the word, Ship (2); cf. Graser, Das Seewesen des Alterthums, in the Philologus for 1865, p. 266f); James 3:4.