παραλέγομαι
paralegomai · sail along, coast
Greek word · Strong’s number G3881 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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paralegomai (παραλέγομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sail along, coast”.
Sail along a coast, coast past.
How to say it
pa·ra·le·go·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To travel by ship hugging the shore.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- coasting along ×1
- were sailing along ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 27:8
and coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
- Acts 27:13
And when a south wind blew gently, thinking they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and were sailing along Crete close to shore.