Definition

properly, something ready (or else more remotely from G142 (αἴρω) (compare G740 (ἄρτος)); something hung up), i.e. (specially) the topsail (rather foresail or jib) of a vessel

Etymology

from a derivative of G737 (ἄρτι);

Where the KJV renders it

• mainsail

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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