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G2043 ἐρείδω (ereídō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I stick fast

Strong's Definition

to prop, i.e. (reflexively) get fast

Derivation: of obscure affinity;

KJV Usage: stick fast

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐρείδω: to fix, prop firmly; intransitive, 1 aorist participle ἐρείσασα (ἡ πρῷρα), stuck (R. V. struck), Act_27:41. (From Homer down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐρείδω ereidō 1x to make to lean upon; to fix firmly; intrans. to become firmly fixed, stick fast, Act_27:41

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐρείδω (chiefly in poets and late prose for ἐρυγγάνω ), [in LXX for H8551 ( Pro_4:4 ; Pro_5:5 ; Pro_11:16 , al. ), etc.;] to prop , fix firmly: act. , as mid ., ἐρείσασα , of a ship driving ashore ( RV , struck), Act_27:41 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐρείδω [page 253] ἐρείδω is found in a petition of village-representatives against carrying out certain repairs on an embankment P Oxy XII. 1469 .8 (A.D. 298) οὐ ταῦτα μὲν οὖν μόνα ἤριστο τ [ῇ κ ]ώμῃ ἡμῶν , nor was this all that was imposed upon our village (Edd.). The compound ἀπερείδω , as in LXX Dan_1:2 , occurs in P Tor I. 1 ii. 19 (B.C. 117 6) of depositing dead bodies in a house ἀλλὰ καὶ νεκροὺς ἀπηρεισμένοι τυγχάνουσιν ἐνταῦθα , cf. ib. iii. 13 . Hunt restores the subst. in P Hawara 17 .4 (i/A.D.) (= Archiv v. p. 380) ἐνέδωκα [ν . . . ἐρ ]είσματα , and cites Polyb. v. 100. 5 τῶν δ᾽ερεισμάτων οὐ δυναμένων ὑποφέρειν τὸ βάρος ἀλλ᾽ ἐνδόντων : cf. Syll 588 .171 ( c. B.C. 180) ἐρείσματα σιδηρᾶ , and Vett. Val. pp. 333 .30 , 334 .10 . See also Anz Subsidia , p. 271, and for the medical usage Hobart p. 280 f.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐρείδω (chiefly in poets and late prose for ἐρυγγάνω), [in LXX for תָּמַךְ (Pro.4:4 5:5 11:16, al.), etc. ;] to prop, fix firmly: act., as mid., ἐρείσασα, of a ship driving ashore (RV, struck), Act.27:41.† (AS)

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