Quick Definition
ἐμβαίνω v. I embark
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and the base of 939; to walk on, i.e. embark (aboard a vessel), reach (a pool)
KJV Usage: come (get) into, enter (into), go (up) into, step in, take ship
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐνέβην · ptc. ἐμβάς · inf. ἐμβῆναι | βαίνω (go, walk)
15.95 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Into
to embark, to get into a boat to go into or onto, as in the case of a boat In certain contexts ἐμβαίνω[a] occurs without a specific indication of a ship or boat in the immediate context, for example, πάλιν ἐμβὰς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ πέραν ‘again embarking, he left for the other side’ MRK 8:13.
In a number of languages it is necessary to introduce into the context some specific reference to a boat or ship.
MAT 8:23 · MAT 9:1 · MAT 13:2 · MAT 14:22 · MAT 15:39 · MRK 4:1 · MRK 5:18 · MRK 6:45 · MRK 8:10 · MRK 8:13 · LUK 5:3 · LUK 8:22 · LUK 8:37 · JHN 6:17 · JHN 6:24 · JHN 21:3
15.225 · Linear Movement · Walk, Step
to go into, to step into to step into some area This meaning is only found as a variant reading: ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο ‘the first one to go into (the pool) after the water was stirred up was healed’ JHN 5:3 (apparatus).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-βαίνω [see ἐν, III. 3]; 2 aor. ἐνέβην, inf. ἐμβῆναι. ptep. ἐμβάς ; [fr. Hom. down]; to go into, step into: Jn. ν. 4 RL; εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, to embark, Mt. viii. 23, and often.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμβαίνω embainō 16x
to step in; to go on board a ship, embark, Mt. 8:23; 9:1; 13:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-βαίνω
[in LXX for עָלָה, etc. ;]
to step into: Jo 5:4 (WH, RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον, to embark: Mt 8:23 9:1 13:2 14:22 15:39, Mk 4:1 5:18 6:45 8:10, 13, Lk 5:3 8:22, 37, Jo 6:17, 24 21:3, Ac 21:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμβαίνω. P Petr IIT. 26° ἐϊὰν ἐμβῆι Bots . . . εἰς ἀλλότριον κλῆρον, “ifan ox trespass on another man’s allotment’’ (Edd.), P Oxy 11. 259% (A.D. 23) εἰ δὲ [μ]ὴ ἐμβέβηκίεν)---οἡ a ship, ᾽ / εμβατεύω BGU II. 665-1? (i/a.D.) διὸ παρακαλῶ σε, πάτερ, τὸ pee πρῶτον ἐμβῆναι σὺν αὐτῇ τὰ περὶ ἔσχατα τοῦ M[e]xelp, and P Ryl I. 2819 (iv/a.p.) ἐν πολλοῖς [ἐϊμβήσεται, ‘‘ will engage upon many things# (Ed.). See also Sy// 895% ἐτελεύτησα ἐμβὰς (e)is ἔτη πέντε. It may be noted that in LExpT xxvi. p. 248 ff. Rendel Harris quotes Syriac evidence to show that ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι in Mk 4! is an ‘‘ Aramaism”’ for ‘to go aboard.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐμβαίνω (embainō) — to climb. ἐμβαίνω, future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα; Epic dialect participle ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐνέβη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἔμβη [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—step in, μή τις.. ἐμβήῃ let none step in (so as to interfere), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]advance! [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. embark on a ship, ἐρέται δ᾽ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (variant for{ἐσβ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, embark, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον [Refs 1st c.AD+]: perfect, to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. step upon, τῷ δ᾽ ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ trampled upon it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, tread on one's toes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare βοῦς viii.
5. enter upon, ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. b metaphorically, enter upon, embark in, μεγαλανορίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς embarked, engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; light upon, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, enter upon office, [Refs]
6. rarely with genitive, step upon, νᾶος [Refs 7th c.BC+]
7. Poets, with accusative of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις.. ἐμβεβὼς πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει (2nd pers. singular) πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
8. to be fixed or fastened, κατά τι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; to be fixed in, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
9. ={ἐμβατεύω}[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. causal in aorist 1 ἐνέβησα, make to step in, put in, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα.. ἐβήσαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] plunge him into anxiety, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. intransitive, step, march or dance, ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]