Strong G2027ἐποκέλλω
to run aground
- Transliteration
- epokellō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ok-el'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1909 and ὀκέλλω okellō (to urge); to drive upon the shore that is to beach a vessel: - run aground.
Detailed definition
ἐπι-κέλλω
of a ship, to run ashore: with accusative, Act.27:41.†
(AS)
of a ship, to run ashore: with accusative, Act.27:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2027 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aground1
- run1
First verses
- Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐποκέλλω,
={ἐπικέλλω}, run ashore, νέας, τὴν νέα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16, 7.182; πλοῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
2 of the ship, run aground, be wrecked, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.102, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.15)]; put in, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.23.3)]; of tunnies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 844a30.)]
={ἐπικέλλω}, run ashore, νέας, τὴν νέα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16, 7.182; πλοῖα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
2 of the ship, run aground, be wrecked, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.102, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.15)]; put in, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.23.3)]; of tunnies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 844a30.)]