Greek noun (neuter) · G4079
πηδάλιον
pedalionpay-dal'-ee-on
rudder
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pēdálion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4079is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4079
a "pedal", i.e. helm
The King James renders it: rudder.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pedalion is rendered "rudder". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 27:40Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
Acts 27:40πηδαλίων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rudder1
- rudders1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πηδαλίου1
- πηδαλίων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
Acts
one use
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
- πηδαλίωνpedalionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: rudders
James
one use
Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
- πηδαλίουpedaliounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: rudder
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.