Bible Thesaurus: Prow

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Prow (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) See Proa. 3. (superl.) Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. 4. (a.) Benefit;
profit; good; advantage. Multi-Version Concordance Prow (2 Occurrences). ...
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Provoking (29 Occurrences)

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Wishing (25 Occurrences)
... But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into
the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow, (DBY ...
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Forepart (6 Occurrences)
... British and American) "within"; Ezekiel 42:7, the Revised Version (British and American)
"before"), and of prora, the forward part of a ship, the prow (Acts 27 ...
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Figurehead (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow
of a ship. 2. (n.) A person who allows his name to be ...
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Ram (96 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for
piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such ...
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Main-sail
... Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be
most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances ...
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Mainsail (1 Occurrence)
... Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be
most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances ...
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Prowl (6 Occurrences)

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Phaselis
... Already in the 6th century BC, when trade was carried on with Egypt, the city struck
coins of its own; upon them the prow and the stern of a war galley were ...
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Bible Concordance

Prow (2 Occurrences)

Acts 27:30 But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from the prow,
(DBY)

Acts 27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.
(DBY NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

2. (n.) See Proa.

3. (superl.) Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.

4. (a.) Benefit; profit; good; advantage.

Greek

4408. prora -- the prow (of a ship)
... the prow (of a ship). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prora Phonetic
Spelling: (pro'-ra) Short Definition: the prow of a ship Definition: the ...
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Library

The Coming of the Pharaoh
... As he passed the prow of a tall pleasure-boat he was caught in a rope of flowers
let down from above and looped about him with a dexterous hand. ...
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Prayer Incidents in the Life of Our Lord
... Death. One day in 1789a bold navigator shoved the prow of his vessel into
the storms that thundered around it and found a calm sea. ...
/.../bounds/the reality of prayer/viii prayer incidents in the.htm

The Plagues
... undecipherable since they were motionless. Nari sat in the prow, her hands
folded, her face quite expressionless. The service of the ...
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Spiritual Culture.
... but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Mat.4:4. "As new-born
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may prow thereby." 1:Pet.2 ...
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Who the Instructor Is, and Respecting his Instruction.
... And just as the helmsman does not always yield to the winds, but sometimes, turning
the prow towards them, opposes the whole force of the hurricanes; so the ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter vii who the instructor is.htm

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved
... old Troy. And so sang Virgil, when he spoke of Palinurus falling asleep
upon the prow of his ship. Sleep is the gift of God. We ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the peculiar sleep of the.htm

Constantinople
... A spacious barge, gay with streamers, was moored for them beside the quay at Chalcedon,
with a gilded dragon at its prow and a gorgeous canopy of purple silk. ...
/.../chapter xvii constantinople.htm

For the Centenary Anniversaries of the Brethren's Eldership, and ...
... Where surge and sky are miss'd; Till looming large, and larger yet,. With bounding
prow, and sails full set,. She speeds to anchor on the shore. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclxxiii for the centenary.htm

See Note
... Whether slow creeping on cold earth, or borne. On lofty steed, or loftier prow,
we dart. O'er wave or field: yet breezes laugh to scorn. ...
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The Signs
... It turned out to be calm; and, accordingly, the pilot, standing on the prow of the
vessel, shouted out the words; whereupon the air was filled, not with an echo ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xxi the signs.htm

Subtopics

Prow

Related Terms

Provoking (29 Occurrences)

Wishing (25 Occurrences)

Forepart (6 Occurrences)

Figurehead (1 Occurrence)

Ram (96 Occurrences)

Main-sail

Mainsail (1 Occurrence)

Prowl (6 Occurrences)

Phaselis