Word Summary
skaphē: anything scooped out, a light boat
Original Word: σκάφηTransliteration: skaphē
Phonetic Spelling: (skaf'-ay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: anything scooped out, a light boat
Meaning: anything scooped out, a light boat
Strong's Concordance
boat, dish
A "skiff" (as if dug out), or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing) -- boat.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4627: σκάφησκάφη,
σκάφης,
ἡ (
σκάπτω (which see)), from (
Aeschylus and)
Herodotus down,
anything dug out, hollow vessel, trough, tray, tub; specifically,
a boat:
Acts 27:16, 30, 32.