παράσημοςparásēmos
side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship)
Greek (New Testament) · G3902
Meanings
1. in classical Greek, marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later
2. marked at the side, annotated.
3. marked with a sign (LXX); as as a noun, a figurehead: Acts 28:11.
Same root
- παράpará · G3844properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
- σημαίνωsēmaínō · G4591of uncertain derivation); to indicate
- πατρίςpatrís · G3968a father-land, i.e. native town; (figuratively) heavenly home
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Acts 28:11 It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.