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4408 - próra

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πρῶρα
Transliteration: próra
Definition (short): bow
Definition (full): the prow (of a ship)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: the prow (of a ship)
NASB Translation: bow (1), prow (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Feminine of a presumed derivative of pro as noun; the prow, i.e. Forward part of a vessel -- forepart(-ship).

see GREEK pro

References

Strong's 4408: 2 Occurrences
KJV: 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,
NASB: But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,
KJV: 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 was broken with the violence of the waves.
NASB: But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves.