Strong’s G4627 · Greek

σκάφη
skáphē

Definition

a "skiff" (as if dug out), or yawl (carried aboard a large vessel for landing)

Where the KJV renders it

  • boat

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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