Prýmna — G4403

Definition

feminine noun

the stern of a ship

Usually translated as

hinder part, stern

Origin

feminine of prymnýs (hindmost)

Occurrences

Prýmna occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Acts (2)

• Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship (πρύμνῃ), asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
• Acts 27:29 — Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern (πρύμνης), and wished for the day.
• Acts 27:41 — And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part (πρύμνα) was broken with the violence of the waves.