G3881 παραλέγομαι (paralégomai)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

παραλέγομαι v. I coast along, sail along

Strong's Definition

(specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past

Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of G3004 (λέγω) (in its original sense);

KJV Usage: pass, sail by

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παραλέγομαι (G3881)

verb | λέγω

54.8 · Maritime Activities

to sail along the coast, to sail along the shore (a technical, nautical term) to sail along beside some object

ACT 27:8 · ACT 27:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παραλέγομαι; (παρελεγομην); (παρά beside, and λέγω to lay); Vulg. in Act_27:8 lego, i. e. to sail past, coast along: τήν Κρήτην, Act_27:8 (here some, referring αὐτήν, to Σαλμώνην, render work past, weather), 13 (τήν Ἰταλίαν, Diodorus 13, 3; γῆν, 14, 55; (Strabo); Latinlegereoram).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παραλέγομαι paralegomai 2x

to gather a course along; to sail by, coast along, Acts 27:8, 13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* παρα-λέγω, to lay beside; mid., to lie beside (Hom.);

later, of sailors, to sail past: c. acc., Ac 27:8, 13.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραλέγομαι. For the meaning ‘‘ coast along” in Ac 275, Field (Wo/es, p- 143f.) cites Diod. Sic. xiii. 3 κἀκεῖθεν ἤδη παρελέγοντο τὴν ᾿Ιταλίαν, xiv. 55 αἱ δὲ τριήρεις ἔπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Λιβύην, παρελέγοντο δὲ τὴν γῆν. In BGU II. 665" 14 (i/A.D.) ἐνετείλατο γὰρ θέων παρα[λ]έγων, the verb seems to refer to casual, incidental speech.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

παραλέγω (paralegō) — to sail past. παραλέγω, pluck out superfluous hair, [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—passive, παραλέλεξαι you have had your eyebrows plucked. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. middle, παραλέγεσθαι τὴν γῆν sail or coast along, [NT+4th c.BC+]

III. speak beside the purpose, wander in one's talk, rave, πολλὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, παραλεξάμενος speaking beside the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. speak incidentally, μῦθον [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be cited, ἐπὶ παραδείγματος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.3. add to what one has said, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

παρα-λέγω to lay beside; mid., __(a) to lie beside (Hom.); __(b) later, of sailors, to sail past: with accusative, Act.27:8, 13.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

27:8 27:13

Acts 27:8

[After] we had moved along the coast... with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near [the] town of Lasea.

Acts 27:13

[When] a {gentle} south wind began to blow, they thought they had [their] opportunity. [So] they weighed [anchor] [and] sailed along, hugging {the coast} of Crete.