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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Ship's sail

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: Eunostos

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Comments: View of the "Minoa", a replica of an ancient Cretan ship from the Minoan civilization based on figurative representations from the 15th century BC. The ship is on display in a shed at the Neorio Moro docks in the port of Chania , in Crete (Greece). View of the single mast and the sail, rectangular in shape, wider than high.

 

Credit: Titi Bastia

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: The Shtandart at the beginning of the Talls ship' race in 2017 (Turku, Finland).

 

From Webster: SAIL, n. In navigation, a spread of canvas, or an assemblage of several breadths of canvas, [or some substitute for it,] sewed together with a double seam at the borders, and edged with a cord called the bolt-rope, to be extended on the masts or yards for receiving the impulse of wind by which a ship is driven.

Verses:

  • Isaiah 33:23
  • Ezekiel 27:7
  • Acts 27:17
  • Acts 27:40
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/ships-sail.html. 2024.
 
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