Strong G636ἀποπλέω

to set sail

Transliteration
apopleō
Pronunciation
ap-op-leh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and G4126; to set sail: - sail away.

Detailed definition

ἀπο-πλέω, -ῶ
to sail away: Act.13:4 14:26 20:15 27:1 (Burton, 159).†
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In the Bible

Strong G636 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sail4

First verses

  1. Acts 13:4
    So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
  2. Acts 14:26
    And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
  3. Acts 20:15
    And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
  4. Acts 27:1
    And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποπλέω,
Epic dialect ἀποπλείω, Ionic dialect ἀποπλώω see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.156, 157, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 26.9)]: future -πλεύσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.147;)] -πλευσοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 371b)]:— sail away, sail off, οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.418, etc.; ἐπ᾽ Αἰγύπτου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1480; ὀπίσω ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.156; ἐκ τῆς Σικελίας ὡς ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου [prev. author] 1.55.)]