Quick Definition
ἐκπλέω v. I sail out, sail away
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 4126; to depart by ship
KJV Usage: sail (away, thence)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-πλέω : [impf. ἐξέπλεον]; 1 aor. efemevaa; to sail from, sail away, depart by ship: ἀπό with gen. of place, Acts xx. 6; eis with ace. of place, Acts xv. 39; xviii. 18. [Soph., Hdt., Thuc., al-]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκπλέω ekpleō 3x
to sail out of or from a place, Acts 15:39; 18:18; 20:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐκ-πλέω, -ῶ to sail away: Ac 20:6; seq. εἰς, Ac 15:39 18:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκπλέω. PSI IV. 444) (iii/B.c.) μετὰ τὸ ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰσήγαγον κτλ., Syil 22018 (iii/B.C.) πειρατικῶν ἐκπλεόντων ἐκ τοῦ ᾿Εἰπιλιμνίου, and the memorial tablet, OGZS 69° (Ptol.), erected by one who had been saved ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων ἐκπλεύσας ἐκ τῆς ᾿Εἰρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. For the corresponding subst. cf. ἔκπλωι in P Petr III. 21 (e)®and P Hib I. 3055 (B.c. 300271), in both cases after an hiatus.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκπλέω (ekpleō) — to sail out/away. ἐκπλέω, future -πλεύσομαι: perfect - πέπλευκα [Refs]: Ionic dialect ἐκπλώω, aorist -έπλωσα: perfect πέπλωκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, [Refs]; ἐπί τινα against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of one's mind, lose one's senses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. rarely with accusative loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. with accusative cognate, ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. transitive, ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]