Strong's Number G45

ἄγκυρα

agkura · ang'-koo-rah

Transliteration:

agkura{ang'-koo-rah}

Word Origin:

from the same as 43

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

an "anchor" (as crooked)

Usage in the KJV:

anchor 4

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

an anchor
metaph. any stay or safeguard

Ancient anchors resembled modern ones in form: they were of iron, provided with a stock, and with two teeth-like extremities often but by no means without flukes.