figurehead
Transliteration:
parasēmos
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
παράσημος, -ον (< σῆμα, a mark) [in LXX: 3Ma.2:29 *;] 1) in cl, marked amiss, spurious, counterfeit. Later, 2) marked at the side, annotated (Plut.). 3) marked with a sign (LXX); as subst, a figurehead : Act.28:11 (see MM, xix). (AS)
Transliteration:
parasēmos
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
παράσημ-ος, ον, (σῆμα)
marked amiss or
falsely, counterfeit, especially of money, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξα π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power
falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) of words and phrases,
false, incorrect, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (to be read -σήμων) ἕν (i.e. βιβλίον) [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ π.
eccentricity of style, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
marked by the side, noted, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. τινί
marked, notorious for a thing, [
Refs]; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι
remarked as studying it, [
Refs]; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women)
conspicuousness, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4)
indicative, with
genitive, τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II)
adverb -μως with false accent, [
Refs]
II.2)
with a distinguishing prefix, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
Transliteration:
parásēmos
Pronounciation:
par-as'-ay-mos
Definition:
side-marked, i.e. labelled (with a badge (figure-head) of a ship); sign; from
g3844 (παρά) and the base of
g4591 (σημαίνω);