Strong’s G4079 · Greek
πηδάλιον
pēdálion · pay-dal'-ee-on
Origin neuter of a (presumed) derivative of πηδόν (the blade of an oar;
Meaning from the same as πέδη (G3976)); a "pedal", i.e. helm
In the King James Version rudder.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- James 3:4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.