Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἄγκυρα
Transliteration: agkura
Definition (short): anchors
Definition (full): an anchor
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from the same as agkalé
Definition: an anchor
NASB Translation: anchor (1), anchors (3).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
NASB:
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
KJV:
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
NASB:
But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,
KJV:
And 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.
NASB:
And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach.