πλέω
pléō
“to pass in a vessel”
5 occurrencesNew TestamentRare Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to pass in a vessel
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to sail, Lk. 8:23; Acts 21:3; 27:2, 6, 24; Rev. 18:17*
Translated in KJV as
sail
Etymology
probably a form of G4150 (πλύνω) (through the idea of plunging through the water);
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“Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.”