πλέω
pleō · sail
Greek word · Strong’s number G4126 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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pleō (πλέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sail”.
How to say it
ple·ō
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 go over the water in a boat.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sailed ×2
- sailing ×2
- sail ×1
- who sails ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 8:23
And as they sailed, he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in danger.
- Acts 21:3
And when we had sighted Cyprus and left it on the left, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was unloading its cargo.
- Acts 27:2
And embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, being with us.
- Acts 27:6
And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing to Italy and put us on board it.
- Acts 27:24
saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and look, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’
- Revelation 18:17
For in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!” And every ship captain and everyone who sails to any place, and sailors, and all who work on the sea, stood far off