Quick Definition
πλοῖον, ου, τό n.n. a ship, vessel
Strong's Definition
from 4126; a sailer, i.e. vessel
KJV Usage: ship(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | πλέω
6.41 · Artifacts · Boats and Parts of Boats
boat, ship any kind of boat, from small fishing boats as on Lake Galilee to large seagoing vessels It may be very important to distinguish clearly between small fishing boats and larger ships or vessels. In a number of languages the distinction is based upon whether or not such vessels have decks. For the fishing boats on Lake Galilee there was probably no deck structure, while vessels going for long distances on the Mediterranean would certainly have had decks. See 6.42.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον, -ov, τό, (πλέω), fr. Hdt. down, Sept. chiefly for TAIN, α ship: Mt. iv. 21, 22; Mk.i.19; Lk. v.2;>RGL txt. Tr txt. WH txt.]; Jn. vi. 17; Acts xx. 13, and often in the historical bks. of the N. T.; Jas. iii. 4; Rev. viii. 9; xviii. 19. [BB.DD. s.v. Ship.] πλόος -ovs, gen. -dov -ov, and in later writ. mods (Acts xxvii. 9; Arr. peripl. erythr. p. 176 § 61; see νοῦς [and cf. Lob. Paralip. p. 173 sq.]), (πλέω), fr. Hom. Od. 3, 169 down; voyage: Acts xxi. 7; xxvii. 9, 10, (Sap. xiv. 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλοῖον ploion 67x
a vessel, ship, bark, whether large or small, Mt. 4:21, 22; Acts 21:2, 3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον, -ου, τό
(< πλέω), [in LXX chiefly for אֳנִיָּה;]
a boat, also (= obsol. ναῦς) a ship: Mt 4:21, 22, and freq. in Gosp. and Ac, Ja 3:4, Re 8:9 18:19.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλοῖον, “‘boat.” For this common word, which comes to be used for ‘‘ship’’ (Ac 2018) owing to the almost complete disappearance of ναῦς, cf. P Leid U* ὁ (ii/s.c.) (=I. p. 123, UPZ i. p. 370) ἔδοξεν kar’ ἐνύπνον (/. ἐνύπνιον) πλοῖον παπύρινον, ὃ καλεῖται ἀγυπτιστεὶ ῥώψ, προσορμῆσαι εἰς Μέμφιν, P Hib I. 152 (c. B.c. 250) ἐμβαλοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἅλας καὶ λωτὸν ὅπως ἔχωσιν [οἱ] ναυπηγοί, P Ryl II. 2291} (a.b. 38) ἐρωτῶ σε ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου εὐθέως μοι πέμψαι... τὸ ὀψάριον, ἐπεὶ ἐν πλοίῳ εἰμί, “1 ask you therefore to do your utmost to send me the relish, as I am on board a boat,” P Oxy I. 36%-8 (ii/ili a.p.) €[av] δὲ τελώνης ἐκφορ[τισθ]ῆναι τὸ πλοῖον ἐπιζητήσῃ, ‘but if the tax-farmer desire that the ship should be unloaded” (Edd.) (cf. Ac 218), and 26. XIV. 1763* (after A.D. 222) οὔπω μέχρι σήμερον τὰ πλοῖα τῆς avwvas ἐξῆλθεν. For the form cf. 74. 1773}2 (iii/A.b.) ἀ]νῆλθα χάριν πλύον καὶ οὐκ εὗρον, and see Mayser (7. p. 110 ἢ. πλόος, πλοῦς. The late gen. πλοός, as in Ac 27°, occurs in Οὐ 15. 5725} (ii/A.D.) ὀφειλήσει τῷ δήμῳ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου πλοός : cf. 72. 132° (B.C. 130) ἐπὶ τῶν πλῶν, and see Blass-Debrunner ὃ 52. Other exx. of the word are P Oxy IV. 7271} (a.pD. 154) οὐ δυν[ά]μενοι κατὰ TO παρὸν τὸν is Αἴγυπτον πλοῦν ποιήσασθ[α]ι, and similarly P Tebt II. 317}9 (A.D. 174--5). In an inscr. from Hierapolis, Sy// 872 (=*% 1220)5, we hear of a merchant who had made πλόας ἑβδομήκοντα δύο between Malea and Italy—an interesting ex. of the facilities of travel at the time.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλοῖον (ploion) — boat. πλοῖον, τό, (πλέω) properly floating vessel: hence, generally, ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+] small craft, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἁλιευτικόν a fishing-boat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱππαγωγὰ π. transports for horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μακρά ships of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. στρογγύλα or φορτηγικά ships of burden, merchantmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+] without adjective, mostly merchant-ship or transport, as opposed to ship of war, τοῖς π. καὶ ταῖς ναυσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηΐ, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ Foed.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλοῖα alone, ={τριήρεις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]