Quick Definition
the rudder ofaship
Strong's Definition
from the same as G3976 (πέδη)); a "pedal", i.e. helm
Derivation: neuter of a (presumed) derivative of (the blade of an oar;
KJV Usage: rudder
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πηδάλιον, πηδαλίου, τό (from πηδον the blade of an oar, an oar), from Homer down, a ship's rudder :. Act_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); Jas_3:4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πηδάλιον pēdalion 2x
a rudder, Act_27:40 ; Jas_3:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πηδάλιον , -συ , τό
( < πηδός , the blade of an oar ),
a rudder: Jas_3:4 ; pl ., Act_27:40 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πηδάλιον [page 511]
rudder : P Oxy XIV. 1650 .11 (freight account i/ii A.D.) πηδαλίου (δρ .) ῑδ̄ (τετρώβολον ), rudder 14 dr. 4 ob., ib. XII. 1449 .14 (return of temple property A.D. 213 17) π̣η̣δάλ (ιον ) τῆς [Νεωτ (έρας ) ?, a rudder representing Neotera (Edd.), and for the plur., as in Act_27:40 , P Lond 1164 ( h ) .8 (A.D. 212) (= III. p. 164) σὺν . . πηδαλίοις δυσί , with two rudders (said of a boat).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πηδάλιον πηδάλιον, ου, τό, [Etym: πηδός] "a rudder or an oar used for steering", Od. ; after Homer, a Greek ship commonly had two πηδάλια joined by cross-bars (ζεῦγλαι) and worked by "a handle or tiller" (οἴαξ). metaph., ἱππικὰ π. of reins, Aesch. ; πηδαλίῳ δικαίῳ νωμᾶν στρατόν Pind. ; τὰ π. τῆς διανοίας Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πηδάλιον, -συ, τό
(πηδός, the blade of an oar),
a rudder: Jas.3:4; pl., Act.27:40.†
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