πρύμναprýmna
properly fem.
Greek (New Testament) · G4403
Meanings
of adj. πρύμνος, -η, -ον, (namely ναῦς), the hindmost part of a ship, the stern: Mark 4:38, Acts 27:29; opposed to πρῷρα, Acts 27:41.
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Mark 4:38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
- Acts 27:29 At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.
- Acts 27:41 But they hit a shoal and ran the ship aground too soon. The bow of the ship stuck fast, while the stern was repeatedly smashed by the force of the waves and began to break apart.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.