Quick Definition
ὑποτρέχω v. I run under shelter of
Strong's Definition
from 5259 and 5143 (including its alternate); to run under, i.e. (specially), to sail past
KJV Usage: run under
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.ptc. ὑποδραμών | τρέχω
54.10 · Maritime Activities
to sail under the shelter of, to sail on, protected by to sail or move along beside some object which provides a degree of protection or shelter
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-τρέχω: 2 aor. ὑπέδραμον; fr. Hom. down; prop. to run under; in N. T. once, viz. of navigators, to run past a place on the shore, and therefore in a higher position (see ὑποπλέω) : νησίον, Acts xxvii. 16 [R. V. running under the lee of; ef. Hackett ad loc.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποτρέχω hypotrechō 1x
to run under; as a nautical term, to sail under the lee of, Acts 27:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὑπο-τρέχω to run in under; of navigators, to run in the lee of : c. acc. (v. M, Pr., 65), Ac 27:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑποτρέχω, ἐἔγὰη in under,” hence of navigators ‘‘ run under the lee of” (Ac 2718). For a metaph. usage see P Tebt I. 2457 (B.C. 117) Tas ὑποδεδραμημέ[ναι[ς] ἐπι[σ]τατείαις (/. ὑποδεδραμημένας emiorareias) κατακεχωρ[ηκότων, “have handed over the posts of epistatae into which they have crept” (Edd.), and cf. P Giss I. 79-1 (c. a.D. 117) oe ὑποδραμ[εῖν kal παραγρά]φειν αὐτούς, “dass du heimlich entwichen bist und sie prellst.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑποτρέχω (hupotrechō) — to sail under. ὑποτρέχω, aorist -έδρᾰμον (see. below): poetry perfect -δέδρομα[Refs]; -δεδρόμηκα (see. infr. IV):—run in under, ὑπέδραμε καὶ λάβε γούνων ran in under the spear or sword and clasped his knees, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (though it may be only, ran up to him); ὑ. πρὸς στέρνα πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ὑπὸ τὴν τοῦ ἀκοντίου φοράν in under, within the dart's range, [Refs 5th c.BC+]run under the lee of.., [NT+1st c.AD+]
II. run under, stretch away under, ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα [Refs]
III. run in between, intercept, λῃστάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pass between a star and the earth, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2. ={ὑποσκελίζω}, trip up, overreach, τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑποδραμὼν τοὺς (Bentl. for τῶν) ἐκ Πύλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. interrupt, Diusap.[Refs 5th c.AD+]
III.4. usurp, τὴν Ἡρακλέους προσηγορίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, τὰς ὑποδεδραμημένας ἐπιστατείας the posts into which they have crept, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV. overrun, steal over, ἔρευθος ὑ. steals over the skin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καί τις οἷον ἀπελπισμὸς ὑπέδραμεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους a kind of despair came over people, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; in slightly different sense, ὑπέδραμέ τις ἔννοια.. τοῖς ἀνθρώπις occurred to people, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐχ ὑπέδραμε δέ it did not occur to him, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
V. insinuate oneself into any one's good graces, flatter, fawn upon, ὑ. τινὰ θωπείᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. in Medicine texts, ἢν οἷον λίθοι ὑποτρέχωσιν if what seem to be stones get into the eye, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὡς τὸ δάκρυον συμπεπηγὸς ὑποτρέχειν ποιέῃς so as to make the coagulated tears run off, [Refs]