ploiarion · small boat

What it means

ploiarion (πλοιάριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “small boat”.

How to say it

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

1. A little boat, for a few people.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• boat ×3
• boats ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• John×4

• Mark 3:9

  And he told his disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;

• John 6:22

  The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been no other boat there except one, and that Jesus had not gone in with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.

• John 6:23

  However, boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

• John 6:24

  So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.

• John 21:8

  But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net full of fish.