Quick Definition
I embark
Strong's Definition
to walk on, i.e. embark (aboard a vessel), reach (a pool)
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and the base of G939 (βάσις);
KJV Usage: come (get) into, enter (into), go (up) into, step in, take ship
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμβαίνω (see ἐν, III. 3); 2 aorist ἐνεβην, infinitive ἐμβῆναι, participle ἐμβάς; (from Homer down); to go into, step into: Joh_5:4 R L; εἰς τό πλοῖον, to embark, Mat_8:23, and often.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμβαίνω embainō 16x
to step in; to go on board a ship, embark, Mat_8:23 ; Mat_9:1 ; Mat_13:2 get into (a boat).
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ -βαίνω ,
[in LXX for H5927 , etc.;]
to step into: Joh_5:4 ( WH , RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον , to embark: Mat_8:23 ; Mat_9:1 ; Mat_13:2 ; Mat_14:22 ; Mat_15:39 , Mar_4:1 ; Mar_5:18 ; Mar_6:45 ; Mar_8:10 ; Mar_8:13 , Luk_5:3 ; Luk_8:22 ; Luk_8:37 , Joh_6:17 ; Joh_6:24 ; Joh_21:3 , Act_21:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμβαίνω [page 205]
P Petr III. 26 .5 ἐ ]ὰν ἐμβῆι βοῦς . . . εἰς ἀλλότριον κλῆρον , if an ox trespass on another man s allotment (Edd.), P Oxy II. 259 .31 (A.D. 23) εἰ δὲ [μ ]ὴ ἐμβέβηκ (εν ) on a ship, BGU II. 665 ii. 12 (i/A.D.) διὸ παρακαλῶ σε , πάτερ , τὸ μὲμ πρῶτον ἐμβῆναι σὺν αὐτῇ τὰ περὶ ἔσχατα τοῦ Μ [ε ]χείρ , and P Ryl I. 28 .19 (iv/A.D.) ἐν πολλοῖς [ἐ ]μβήσεται , will engage upon many things (Ed.). See also Syll 895 .1 ἐτελεύτησα ἐμβὰς (ε )ἰς ἔτη πέντε . It may be noted that in ExpT xxvi. p. 248 ff. Rendel Harris quotes Syriac evidence to show that ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι in Mar_4:1 is an Aramaism for to go aboard.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐμβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα Homeric part. -βεβαώς aor2 ἐνέβην epic 3rd sg. ἔμβη dual ἔμβητον [Etym: ἐν] "to step in", μή τις ἐμβήῃ let none "step in" (to interfere), Il. "to go on, go quickly", ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, id=Il. ; ἔμβα "advance", Eur. "to step into" a ship, "embark, go on board", Hom. , etc.:—perf. "to be mounted on", ἐμβεβαὼς ἵπποισι Il. ; also c. acc., Ἴλιον ἐμβεβώς Eur. "to step upon", c. dat., Od. , Aesch. "to enter upon", εἰς κίνδυνον Xen. ; c. acc., ἐμβ. κέλευθον Eur. , Plat. rarely c. gen. "to step upon", γῆς ὅρων Soph. in Poets, with acc. of the instrument of motion (cf. βαίνω II. 3), ἐμβήσει (2nd sg.) πόδα Eur. Causal in aor1 ἐνέβησα, "to make to step in, put in", Od. , Eur. ; ἐμβῆσαί τινα εἰς φροντίδα to make him anxious, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-βαίνω
[in LXX for עָלָה, etc. ;]
to step into: Jhn.5:4 (WH, RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον, to embark: Mat.8:23 9:1 13:2 14:22 15:39, Mrk.4:1 5:18 6:45 8:10, 13, Luk.5:3 8:22, 37, Jhn.6:17, 24 21:3, Act.21:6.†
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