ereido describes the ship's bow becoming fixed fast after it struck a sandbar.

The sole attested use describes the bow of a ship becoming fixed fast after the vessel strikes a sandbar in Acts 27:41.

1. Becoming fixed fast · dominant

   In Acts 27:41, ἐρείσασα is an aorist active feminine singular participle in the clause about the ship's bow after the vessel strikes a sandbar; the APB renders the result as the bow having “stuck fast and remained immovable.”

   Acts 27:41

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:41, the APB presents the clause with “the bow stuck fast and remained immovable.” This wording confirms the verse's scene rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.