G4079

πηδάλιον

pēdalionG:N-N

rudder

πηδάλιον, -συ, τό (πηδός, the blade of an oar), a rudder: Jas.3:4; pl., Act.27:40.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4079 in the following manner:

helm (2x), rudder (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πηδάλιον — pēdálion

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.

2 occurrences

Acts (1), James (1)