Prōra — G4408

Definition

adjective

the prow, i.e. forward part of a vessel

1. the prow or forward part of a ship (R. V. foreship)

Usually translated as

forepart, foreship

Origin

feminine of a presumed derivative of G4253 as noun

• pró (G4253)

Occurrences

Prōra occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2)

• Acts 27:30 — And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship (πρωρας),
• Acts 27:41 — And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart (πρῷρα) stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.