Quick Definition
πλέω v. I sail
Strong's Definition
pleuo plyoo'-o; which is used as an alternate in certain tenses; probably a form of 4150 (through the idea of plunging through the water); to pass in a vessel
KJV Usage: sail. See also 4130
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀποπλέω · βραδυπλοέω · διαπλέω · ἐκπλέω · καταπλέω · παραπλέω · πλοιάριον · πλοῖον · πλοῦς · ὑποπλέω
54.1 · Maritime Activities
to sail, sailing the movement of a boat or ship through the water, either rowed or blown by the wind
54.27 · Maritime Activities
Collocation: ὁ ἐπὶ τόπον πλέων
sea traveller, sea merchant one who frequently travels by sea
1 There are considerable differences of opinion as to the meaning of the expression ὁ ἐπὶ τόπον πλέων. It may denote merely passengers, but it probably has a more specialized meaning. Some prefer to interpret it as meaning one who sails along the coast.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλέω; impf. 1 pers. plur. ἐπλέομεν : [allied w. πλύνω, Lat. pluo, fluo, our float, flow, ete.; Curtius § 369]; fr. Hom. down; 0 sail, navigate, travel by ship: Lk. viii. 23; Acts xxvii. 24; foll. by εἰς with an acc. of place, Acts xxi. 33 xxvil.6; ἐπὶ τόπον, Rev. xviii. 17G LT Tr WH; by a use common only to the poets (cf. Matthiae § 409, 4a.; Kiihner ii. §409, 6; [Jelf § 559; W. 224 (210) ]), with a simple ace. indicating the direction: Acts xxvii. 2 (Eur. Med. vs. 7), where L T Tr WH add εἰς. [Comp.: ἀπο-» δια-, ἐκ-» kaTa-, Tapa-, ὑπο-πλέω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλέω pleō 6x
to sail, Lk. 8:23; Acts 21:3; 27:2, 6, 24; Rev. 18:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλέω,
[in LXX, seq. εἰς, Jon.1.3 (בּוֹא), I Es 4:23, Is 42:10; seq. ἐπί, IV Mac 7:3; c. acc. (poët.), Si 43:24, I Mac 13:29 (cf. Ac 27:2, Rec.)*;]
to sail: Lk 8:23, Ac 27:24; seq. εἰς, Ac 21:3 27:2, 6; ἐπί, Re 18:17 (cf. ἀπό-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-, ὑπο-πλέω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλέω. P Grenf II. 14(c)$ (ili/B.c.) οὐδ᾽ οὐκ ἔφυ (1 ὃ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔφη) δύνασθαι πλεῦσαι ἄνευ σου, “but he said that he could not sail without you,’’ P Oxy IV. 726! (A.D. 135) οὐ δυνάμενος δι ἀ[σ]θένειαν (cf. Gal 413) πλεῦσαι, ‘‘since he is unable
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλέω (pleō) — to sail. πλέω, Epic dialect πλείω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ἀπ-έπλειον [Refs]: also Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πλώω (see. below): Attic dialect contraction imperative πλεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+], found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πλευσοῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but 3rd.pers. plural πλεύσονται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλεύσω [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 1 ἔπλευσα [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: perfect πέπλευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future πλευσθήσομαι (περι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐπλεύσθην[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect πέπλευσμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]present, imperfect, and future πλεύσομαι (see. above).—Of the Ionic dialect πλώω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ἐπι-πλώων[Refs]: imperfect πλῶον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also shortened aorist ἔπλων, ως, ω, participle πλώς, in the compounds ἀπ-έπλω, ἐπ-έπλως, participle ἐπιπλώς, παρέπλ; and [Refs 8th c.BC+] has ἐπ-έπλω; the present, imperfect, and future forms occur as variants in [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive πλώειν [Refs], participle πλωούσας [Refs]imperfect ἔπλωον[Refs]; Iterat. πλώεσκον [Refs 4th c.AD+]future πλώσομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but the aorist 1 forms are read in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive πλῶσαι [Refs]; participle πλώσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect παρα-πέπλωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέπλωκα occurs [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Only εε and εει are contracted in Attic dialect (πλέει is falsa lectio in [Refs 8th c.BC+] as monosyllable, πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—sail, go by sea, Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ [σῖτον] to fetch it, [Refs]; μετὰ [νάκος] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ[Refs 8th c.BC+] sail the watery ways, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ πεπλευσμένον [πέλαγος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῆς μὴ πλεῖν when on land do not be at sea, i.e. avoid the hazards of tax-farming, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. of other things, swim, float, τεύχεα καλὰ.. πλῶον καὶ νέκυες [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. to be conveyed by sea, [σκῦλα] πλέοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. metaphorically, ταύτης ἔπι πλέοντες ὀρθῆς while [the ship of] our country bearing us is on an even keel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὅπως ὀρθὴ πλεύσεται (i.e. ἡ πόλις) προείδετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] cf. Sanskrit plávate 'float', 'swim', Latin pluit; with πλω- cf. Gothic flōdus 'river', 'flood', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] flćwan 'flow'.)