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G3896 παραπλέω (parapléō)
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Quick Definition

παραπλέω v. I sail past

Strong's Definition

from 3844 and 4126; to sail near

KJV Usage: sail by

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor.inf. παραπλεῦσαι | πλέω

54.9 · Maritime Activities

to sail past, to sail by to sail to and beyond a particular point

ACT 20:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παρα-πλέω: 1 aor. inf. παραπλεῦσαι; to sail by, sail past, [παρά, I1V.1]: w. an ace. of place, Acts xx.16. (Thue. 2, 25; Xen. anab.6, 2,1; Hell. 1, 8, 8; Plat. Phaedr. p. 259 a.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παραπλέω parapleō 1x

to sail by or past a place, Acts 20:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* παρα-πλέω, to sail by or past: c. acc., Ac 20:16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραπλέω other way be rendered invalid”’ (Edd.), supports the sinister meaning in Heb 68 (cf. Sap 69, 127): cf. also Ost7. 50% (as amended Os¢r. ii. p. 430—time of Trajan) διὰ τὸ m(apa)πεπτω(κέναι) τὴν προτ(έραν) ἀποχ(ήν), where, in view of the foregoing ex., Wilcken (Os¢r. i. pp. 78 f., 820) falls back on his earlier interpretation of the verb = ‘‘danebenfallen,”’ “‘verlorengehen.” See also P Oxy VIII. 11331? (A.D. 396) διὰ τὸ παραπεπτοκένη (/. παραπεπτωκέναι) τὸ γρίαμματ]ῖόν σου καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκεσθαι δηλῶ τοῦτωί -- 0) ἄκυρον, “since your bond has been lost and cannot be found I declare that it is null” (Ed.), and BGU I. 214! (a.p. 152) διὰ τὸ φάσκειν παραπεπίπ) τωκέναι. For the meaning “‘ fall into”’ c. dat. (as in 2 Macc τοῦ) cf. the Christian letter P Lond 1915? (c. A.D. 330-340) toils ἐν. . - (7ηφθονει συμφορᾷ παραπεσοῦσιν βοη[θεῖ]ν πία]ρ[α]γγέλ (λδεται ἡμῖν ὁ θεῖος λόγος, ‘‘to those who have fallen into . . . misfortune the word of God exhorts us to give succour” (Bell): cf.® and 26, 1916 The verb occurs ev in Vett. Val., e.g. p. 73% τῇ διανοίᾳ παραπίπτοντες.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

παραπλέω (parapleō) — to sail past. παραπλέω, Ionic dialect παρα-πλώω [Refs 5th c.AD+]aorist 2 παρέπλων (see. below):— sail by or past, absolutely, οἴη δὴ κείνῃ γε παρέπλω.. Ἀργώ was the only ship that sailed through that way, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν χρῷ παραπλέοντες sailing close in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν Ἔφεσον sail past Ephesus, [NT]

2. coast by or along, ὃς τῆς Ἀττικῆς ταῦτα μὴ -πέπλωκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπὸ κάλω, see at {κάλως}.

3. metaphorically, π. τὰς συμφοράς sail past, escape them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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