Quick Definition
a ship, vessel
Strong's Definition
a sailer, i.e. vessel
Derivation: from G4126 (πλέω);
KJV Usage: ship(-ing)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον, πλοίου, τό (πλέω), from Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for ΰπΔιΘΜδ, a ship: Mat_4:21-22; Mar_1:19; Luk_5:2 (R G L text Tr text WH text); Joh_6:17; Act_20:13, and often in the historical books of the N. T.; Jas_3:4; Rev_8:9; Rev_18:19. (BB. DD., under the word Ship.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πλοῖον ploion 67x
a vessel, ship, bark, whether large or small, Mat_4:21-22 ; Act_21:2-3 boat; ship.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον , -ον , τό
( < πλέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H591 ;]
a boat , also ( = obsol. ναῦς ) a ship: Mat_4:21-22 , and freq . in Gosp. and Ac, Jas_3:4 , Rev_8:9 ; Rev_18:19 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πλοῖον [page 521]
boat. For this common word, which comes to be used for ship ( Act_20:13 ) owing to the almost complete disappearance of ναῦς , cf. P Leid U ii. 6 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 123, UPZ i. p. 370) ἔδοξεν κατ᾽ ἐνύπνον ( l. ἐνύπνιον ) πλοῖον παπύρινον , ὃ καλεῖται ἀγυπτιστεὶ ῥώψ , προσορμῆσαι εἰς Μέμφιν , P Hib I. 152 ( c. B.C. 250) ἐμβαλοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἅλας καὶ λωτὸν ὅπως ἔχωσιν [οἱ ] ναυπηγοί , P Ryl II. 229 .11 (A.D. 38) ἐρωτῶ σε ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου εὐθέως μοι πέ [μ ]ψαι . . . τὸ ὀψάριον , ἐπεὶ ἐν πλοίῳ εἰμί , I ask you therefore to do your utmost to send me the relish, as I am on board a boat, P Oxy I. 36 ii. 8 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐ̣[ὰν ] δ̣ε̣̣ τελώνης ἐκφορ [τισθ ]ῆναι τὸ πλοῖον ἐπιζητήσῃ , but if the tax-farmer desire that the ship should be unloaded (Edd.) (cf. Act_21:3 ), and ib. XIV. 1763 .4 (after A.D. 222) οὔπω μέχρι σήμερον τὰ πλοῖα τῆς ἀνώνας ἐξῆλθεν . For the form cf. ib. 1773 .12 (iii/A.D.) ἀ ]ν̣ῆλθα χάριν πλύου καὶ οὐκ εὗρον , and see Mayser Gr. p. 110 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον πλοῖον, ου, τό, [Etym: πλέω] "a floating vessel, a ship, vessel", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.; πλοῖα λεπτά small "craft", Hdt. , Thuc. ; πλ. ἱππαγωγά transport- "vessels", Hdt. ; πλ. μακρά "ships" of war, id=Hdt. ; πλ. στρογγύλα or φορτηγικά "ships" burthen, merchantmen, Xen. :—when opp. to ναῦς, "a merchant-ship or transport", τοῖς πλοίοις καὶ ταῖς ναυσί Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πλοῖον, -ον, τό
(πλέω), [in LXX chiefly for אֳנִיָּה ;]
a boat, also (= obsolete ναῦς) a ship: Mat.4:21-22, and frequently in Gosp. and Ac, Jas.3:4, Rev.8:9 18:19.
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