King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4358
Transliteration: prosormizō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-or-mid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bring (a ship) to anchor at
Meaning: to bring (a ship) to anchor at
προσορμίζω: 1 aorist passive 3 person plural προσωρμίσθησαν; (ὅρμος a roadstead, anchorage); to bring a ship to moorings (Lucian, am. 11); especially so in the middle, properly, to take one's station near the shore; to moor, come to anchor (Herodotus, Demosthenes, Plutarch, others); the 1 aorist passive is used in the same sense (Arrian exp. Alex. 6, 4 and 20; Aelian v. h. 8, 5; Dio Cassius, 41, 48; 64, 1), Mark 6:53.
Word Summary
prosormizō: to bring (a ship) to anchor at
Original Word: προσορμίζωTransliteration: prosormizō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-or-mid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bring (a ship) to anchor at
Meaning: to bring (a ship) to anchor at
Strong's Concordance
draw to the shore, anchorFrom pros and a derivative of the same as horme (meaning to tie (anchor) or lull); to moor to, i.e. (by implication) land at -- draw to the shore.
see GREEK pros
see GREEK horme
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4358: προσορμίζωπροσορμίζω: 1 aorist passive 3 person plural προσωρμίσθησαν; (ὅρμος a roadstead, anchorage); to bring a ship to moorings (Lucian, am. 11); especially so in the middle, properly, to take one's station near the shore; to moor, come to anchor (Herodotus, Demosthenes, Plutarch, others); the 1 aorist passive is used in the same sense (Arrian exp. Alex. 6, 4 and 20; Aelian v. h. 8, 5; Dio Cassius, 41, 48; 64, 1), Mark 6:53.