Quick Definition
I sail
Strong's Definition
to pass in a vessel
Derivation: probably a form of G4150 (πλύνω) (through the idea of plunging through the water);
KJV Usage: sail
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ΠΛΑΩ, see πίμπλημι.
STRONGS NT 4126: πλέωπλέω; imperfect 1 person plural ἐπλέομεν; (allied with πλύνω, Latinpluo, fluo, our float, flow, etc.; Curtius, § 369); from Homer down; to sail, navigate, travel by ship: Luk_8:23; Act_27:24; followed by εἰς with an accusative of place, Act_21:3; Act_27:6; ἐπί τόπον, Rev_18:17 G L T Tr WH; by a use common only to the poets (cf. Matthiae, § 409, 4{a} ; Kühner, ii. § 409, 6; (Jelf, § 559; Winer's Grammar, 224 (210))), with a simple accusative indicating the direction: Act_27:2 (Euripides, Med. Act_27:7), where L T Tr WH add εἰς (Compare: ἀποπλέω, διαπλέω, ἐκπλέω, καταπλέω, παραπλέω, ὑποπλέω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλέω pleō 6x
to sail, Luk_8:23 ; Act_21:3 ; Act_27:2 ; Act_27:6 ; Act_27:24 ; Rev_18:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλέω ,
[in LXX , seq . εἰς , Jon_1:3 ( H935 ), 1Es_4:23 , Isa_42:10 ; seq . ἐπί , 4Ma_7:3 ; c . acc (poλt.), Sir_43:24 , 1Ma_13:29 ( cf. Act_27:2 , Rec. ) * ;]
to sail: Luk_8:23 , Act_27:24 ; seq . εἰς , Act_21:3 ; Act_27:2 ; Act_27:6 ; ἐπί , Rev_18:17
( cf. ἀπό -, δια -, ἐκ -, κατα -, παρα -, ὑπο -πλέω ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλέω [page 518]
P Grenf II. 14 ( c ) .6 (iii/B.C.) οὐδ᾽ οὐκ ἔφυ ( l. ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔφη ) δύνασθαι πλεῦσαι ἄνευ σου , but he said that he could not sail without you, P Oxy IV. 726 .10 (A.D.135) οὐ δυνάμενος δι᾽ ἀ [σ ]θένειαν (cf. Gal_4:13 ) πλεῦσαι , since he is unable through sickness to make the voyage (Edd.), ib . I. 119 .13 (ii/iii A.D.) (= Selections , p. 103) πεπλάνηκαν ἡμῶ (= ᾶ )ς ἐκε [ῖ ], τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ῑβ̄ ὅτι ἔπλευσε (= α )ς , they deceived us there on the 12th, when you sailed, ib. XIV. 1682 .4 (iv/A.D.) ὁ ἀὴρ ἐνατίος ἡμεῖν ἦν ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἔπλευσας , the wind was contrary to us since you sailed, and OGIS 572 .30 (iii/A.D.) πλεύσει δὲ μόνα τὰ ἀπογεγραμμένα πλοῖα . For πλωτός , navigable, see P Tebt I. 92 .3 (late ii/B.C.). MGr πλέω (πλέγω ), swim, travel.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πλέω "to sail, go by sea", Hom. , etc.; c. acc. cogn., ὑγρὰ κέλευθα πλεῖν "to sail" the watery ways, Od. ; hence in Pass., τὸ πεπλευσμένον πέλαγος Xen. ;—metaph., πλεῖν ὑφειμένηι cf. ὑφίημι 111. of ships, Il. , Hdt. , etc. of other things, "to swim, float", Hom. , etc. metaph., ταύτης ἔπι πλέοντες ὀρθῆς while we keep [the ship of] our country right, Soph. ; οὐδ᾽ ὅπως ὀρθὴ πλεύσεται (sc. ἡ πόλις) προείδετο Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πλέω
[in LXX, before εἰς, Jon.1.3 (בּוֹא), I Est.4:23, Isa.42:10; before ἐπί, 4Ma.7:3; with accusative (poët.), Sir.43:24, 1Ma.13:29 (cf. Act.27:2, Rec.) * ;]
to sail: Luk.8:23, Act.27:24; before εἰς, Act.21:3 27:2, 6; ἐπί, Rev.18:17
(cf. ἀπό-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-, ὑπο-πλέω).†
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