King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G736
Transliteration: artemōn
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-tem'-ohn)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: something hung up or fastened, a foresail
Meaning: something hung up or fastened, a foresail
ἀρτέμων, ἀρτεμονος (L T Tr WH ἀρτεμωνος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 9, 1 d.; (Buttmann, 24 (22))), ὁ, top-sail (or foresail?) of a ship: Acts 27:40; cf. Meyer at the passage; (especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, p. 192f; Graser in the Philologus, 3rd suppl. 1865, p. 201ff).
Word Summary
artemōn: something hung up or fastened, a foresail
Original Word: ἀρτέμωνTransliteration: artemōn
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-tem'-ohn)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: something hung up or fastened, a foresail
Meaning: something hung up or fastened, a foresail
Strong's Concordance
mainsail. From a derivative of arti; properly, something ready (or else more remotely from airo (compare artos); something hung up), i.e. (specially) the topsail (rather foresail or jib) of a vessel -- mainsail.
see GREEK arti
see GREEK airo
see GREEK artos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 736: ἀρτέμωνἀρτέμων, ἀρτεμονος (L T Tr WH ἀρτεμωνος, cf. Winers Grammar, § 9, 1 d.; (Buttmann, 24 (22))), ὁ, top-sail (or foresail?) of a ship: Acts 27:40; cf. Meyer at the passage; (especially Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, p. 192f; Graser in the Philologus, 3rd suppl. 1865, p. 201ff).