Strong G1602ἐκπλέω

to sail out/away

Transliteration
ekpleō
Pronunciation
ek-pleh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1537 and G4126; to depart by ship: - sail (away thence).

Detailed definition

ἐκ-πλέω, -ῶ
to sail away: Act.20:6; before εἰς, Act.15:39 18:18.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1602 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sail3

First verses

  1. Acts 15:39
    And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
  2. Acts 18:18
    And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
  3. Acts 20:6
    And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκπλέω,
future -πλεύσομαι: perfect - πέπλευκα [Refs (“IG” 2.793a7)]: Ionic dialect ἐκπλώω, aorist -έπλωσα: perfect πέπλωκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1084)]:—sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5; ἔξω τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου [prev. author] 5.103; τῆσδ᾽ ἐ. χθονός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1375)]; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 577; ἐ. ἐς ἀποικίην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.22)]; κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.44, 152)]; ἐπί τινα against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37)]; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93.)]
2 metaphorically, ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of one's mind, lose one's senses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 3.155, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 240.)]
II rarely with accusative loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 29.7, compare 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1084, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.645.)]
II.2 with accusative cognate, ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.6.)]
III transitive, ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.102 (assuming variant).)]