G736
G736 — ἀρτέμων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
artemon (ar-tem'-own) n.
1. (properly) something ready
2. (specially) the topsail (rather than foresail or jib) of a vessel
{(more remotely from G142; something hung up)}
[from a derivative of G737]
KJV: mainsail
Root(s): G737
Compare: G740, G142
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
mainsail
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀρτέμων (mainsail)
Acts 27:40
- KJV: And when they had taken up the anchors they committed unto the sea and loosed the rudder bands and hoised up the mainsail to the wind and made toward shore
- GK: και τας αγκύρας περιελόντες είων εις την θάλασσαν άμα ανέντες τας ζευκτηρίας των πηδαλίων και επάραντες τον αρτεμώνα τη πνεούση κατείχον εις τον αιγιαλόν