Quick Definition
I sail down
Strong's Definition
to sail down upon a place, i.e. to land at
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G4126 (πλέω);
KJV Usage: arrive
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταπλέω: 1 aorist κατέπλευσα; (from Homer on); to sail down from the deep sea to land; to put in: εἰς τήν χώραν, Luk_8:26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταπλέω katapleō 1x
to sail towards land, to come to land, Luk_8:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κατα -πλέω , -ῶ ,
to sail down, sail to land, put in: εἰς τ . χώραν , Luk_8:26 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταπλέω [page 331]
καταπλέω is the word regularly used for sailing down the Nile to Alexandria : cf. e.g. P Lille I. 17 .7 (iii/B.C.) καταπλεῖ γὰρ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρεαν Φίλων , P Magd 22 .4 (B.C. 221) πρὶν τοῦ ] καταπλεῦσαί με εἰς τὴν πόλιν : cf. also P Giss I. 25 .10 (Rom.) συνέστησα γὰρ αὐτὸν διὰ τό σε τότε καταπεπλευκέναι , OGIS 344 .2 (i/B.C.) οἱ καταπλέοντες εἰς Βιθυνίαν ἔμποροι καὶ ναύκληροι . For the subst. see P Flor I. 6 .14 (A.D. 210) εἰς τὸν κατάπλουν (to Alexandria), OGIS 90 .17 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) τοῦ κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κατάπλου .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καταπλέω fut. -πλεύσομαι ionic -πλώω "to sail down": i. e., "to sail from the high sea to shore, sail to land, put in", Od. , Hdt. , attic; νεωστὶ καταπεπλευκώς "having" lately "come ashore", Plat. "to sail down stream", κατ. τὸν Εὐφρήτην Hdt. "to sail back", id=Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-πλέω, -ῶ
to sail down, sail to land, put in: εἰς τ. χώραν, Luk.8:26.†
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