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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πηδάλιον

(Strong's #4079 — Noun Neuter — pedalion — pay-dal'-ee-on )

"a rudder" (akin to pedos, "the blade of an oar"), occurs in James 3:4 , RV, "rudder" (AV, "helm"), and Acts 27:40 , plural, RV, "(the bands of) the rudders," AV, "the rudder (bands)." The pedalia were actually steering paddles, two of which were used as "rudders" in ancient ships.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Rudder'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/rudder.html. 1940.
 
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