锚
máo
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How is 锚 read in the Chinese Bible?
锚 is read máo in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses across 2 books, first in Acts 27:13. Common words: 抛锚.
- Occurrences
- 5
- Verses
- 5
- Books
- 2
- First in
- Acts 27:13
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: anchor
In the text
- Acts 27:13
这时，微微起了南风，他们以为得意，就起了锚，贴近克里特行去。
- Acts 27:29
恐怕撞在石头上，就从船尾抛下四个锚，盼望天亮。
- Acts 27:30
水手想要逃出船去，把小船放在海里，假作要从船头抛锚的样子。
- Acts 27:40
于是砍断缆索，弃锚在海里；同时也松开舵绳，拉起头篷，顺着风向岸行去。
- Hebrews 6:19
我们有这指望，如同灵魂的锚，又坚固又牢靠，且通入幔内。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.