Strong G1684ἐμβαίνω
to climb
- Transliteration
- embainō
- Pronunciation
- em-ba'hee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐμ-βαίνω
[in LXX for עָלָה, etc.;]
to step into: Jhn.5:4 (WH, RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον, to embark: Mat.8:23 9:1 13:2 14:22 15:39, Mrk.4:1 5:18 6:45 8:10, 13, Luk.5:3 8:22, 37, Jhn.6:17, 24 21:3, Act.21:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָלָה, etc.;]
to step into: Jhn.5:4 (WH, RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον, to embark: Mat.8:23 9:1 13:2 14:22 15:39, Mrk.4:1 5:18 6:45 8:10, 13, Luk.5:3 8:22, 37, Jhn.6:17, 24 21:3, Act.21:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1684 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- enter8
- go3
- come2
- get2
- take2
- when2
- step1
First verses
- Matthew 8:23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
- Matthew 9:1And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 14:22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Matthew 14:32And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
- Matthew 15:39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
- Mark 4:1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
- Mark 5:18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
- Mark 6:45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- Mark 8:10And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
- Mark 8:13And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
- Luke 5:3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
- Luke 8:22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
- Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
- John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
- John 6:17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
- John 6:22The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
- John 6:24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμβαίνω,
future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα; Epic dialect participle ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 12, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐνέβη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἔμβη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656; dual _imperative_ ἔμβητον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403)]:—step in, μή τις.. ἐμβήῃ let none step in (so as to interfere), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.94: with _dative_, ποταμῷ οὐκ ἔστιν δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμβῆναι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 91; εἰς πηλόν [prev. author] 5; ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.12.)]
2 go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403; ἔμβα)]advance! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 113 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 embark on a ship, ἐρέται δ᾽ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.720; τότε δ᾽ ἔμβη νηΐ Πύλονδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.311)]; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (variant for{ἐσβ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18 (variant), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243c: with _accusative_, λέμβον ἐ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.9.11)]: absolutely, embark, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 455 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 188, etc.)]: generally, step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26)]: perfect, to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199; ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 803: also with _accusative_, Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ᾽ ἐμβεβαῶτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 922 (Lyric poetry); στέγην τήνδ᾽ ἐμβεβῶτες [prev. author] “Cyc.” 92.)]
4 step upon, τῷ δ᾽ ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.164; πεδίλοις ἐμβεβαυῖα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 12; τοῖσδ᾽ ἁλουργέσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 946)]; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ trampled upon it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 911 (_anapaest meter_); μὴ᾽ μβαινε τῷ δυστυχοῦντι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 356)]: absolutely, tread on one's toes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 15.6)]; compare βοῦς viii.
5 enter upon, ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1567; εἰς κίνδυνον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.15: with _accusative_, ἐ. κέλευθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 989 (Lyric poetry).)]
5.b metaphorically, enter upon, embark in, μεγαλανορίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.44; τῷ ἐπιτηδεύατι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252e)]; ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς embarked, engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.248)]; light upon, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443c)]: absolutely, enter upon office, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1390.31 (from Andania).)]
6 rarely with genitive, step upon, νᾶος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 19; γῆς ὅρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 400.)]
7 Poets, with accusative of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις.. ἐμβεβὼς πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 672)]; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει (2nd pers. singular) πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 168.)]
8 to be fixed or fastened, κατά τι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.81)]; to be fixed in, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 2.3.)]
9 ={ἐμβατεύω}[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (11, “SIG” 364.75 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
II causal in aorist 1 ἐνέβησα, make to step in, put in, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα.. ἐβήσαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.4; δίφρον ἐμβῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 845, compare “Cyc.” 467; ἐ. τὰν ἀρχάν “Schwyzer” 485.9 (Thespiae, 3rd c.BC): _metaphorically_, ἐμβῆσαί τινα ἐς φροντίδα)] plunge him into anxiety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46.)]
III intransitive, step, march or dance, ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.108c; πρὸς ῥυθμόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 10.)]
future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα; Epic dialect participle ἐμβεβᾰώς, -υῖα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 12, etc.:)]aorist 2 ἐνέβη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἔμβη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656; dual _imperative_ ἔμβητον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403)]:—step in, μή τις.. ἐμβήῃ let none step in (so as to interfere), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.94: with _dative_, ποταμῷ οὐκ ἔστιν δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ ἐμβῆναι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 91; εἰς πηλόν [prev. author] 5; ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.12.)]
2 go on, go quickly, ἔμβητον, says Antilochus to his horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.403; ἔμβα)]advance! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 113 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 embark on a ship, ἐρέται δ᾽ ἐν ἑκάστη πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.720; τότε δ᾽ ἔμβη νηΐ Πύλονδε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.656, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.311)]; ἐς ἕτερον πλοῖον ἐ. (variant for{ἐσβ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18 (variant), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243c: with _accusative_, λέμβον ἐ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.9.11)]: absolutely, embark, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 455 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 188, etc.)]: generally, step into, mount, εἰς τὸ φορεῖον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 26)]: perfect, to be mounted on, ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.199; ἐπ᾽ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 803: also with _accusative_, Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ᾽ ἐμβεβαῶτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 922 (Lyric poetry); στέγην τήνδ᾽ ἐμβεβῶτες [prev. author] “Cyc.” 92.)]
4 step upon, τῷ δ᾽ ἐγὼ ἐμβαίνων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.164; πεδίλοις ἐμβεβαυῖα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 12; τοῖσδ᾽ ἁλουργέσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 946)]; δαίμων ἐνέβη Περσῶν γενεᾷ trampled upon it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 911 (_anapaest meter_); μὴ᾽ μβαινε τῷ δυστυχοῦντι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 356)]: absolutely, tread on one's toes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 15.6)]; compare βοῦς viii.
5 enter upon, ἐς τόνδε χρησμόν uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1567; εἰς κίνδυνον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.15: with _accusative_, ἐ. κέλευθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 989 (Lyric poetry).)]
5.b metaphorically, enter upon, embark in, μεγαλανορίαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.44; τῷ ἐπιτηδεύατι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252e)]; ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς δεινοῖς ἐμβεβηκώς embarked, engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.248)]; light upon, εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τύπον τῆς δικαιοσύνης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443c)]: absolutely, enter upon office, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1390.31 (from Andania).)]
6 rarely with genitive, step upon, νᾶος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 19; γῆς ὅρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 400.)]
7 Poets, with accusative of the instrument of motion, ὄχοις.. ἐμβεβὼς πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 672)]; ἐς ἄντλον ἐμβήσει (2nd pers. singular) πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 168.)]
8 to be fixed or fastened, κατά τι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.81)]; to be fixed in, εἰς ἐμπυελίδας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 2.3.)]
9 ={ἐμβατεύω}[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (11, “SIG” 364.75 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
II causal in aorist 1 ἐνέβησα, make to step in, put in, ἐν δὲ τὰ μῆλα.. ἐβήσαμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.4; δίφρον ἐμβῆσαί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 845, compare “Cyc.” 467; ἐ. τὰν ἀρχάν “Schwyzer” 485.9 (Thespiae, 3rd c.BC): _metaphorically_, ἐμβῆσαί τινα ἐς φροντίδα)] plunge him into anxiety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46.)]
III intransitive, step, march or dance, ὀρθῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.108c; πρὸς ῥυθμόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 10.)]