Thematic Bible: The hinder part or stern
Thematic Bible
Ships » Parts of, mentioned » The hinder part or stern
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves.