Strong G3489ναυαγέω

be shipwrecked

Transliteration
nauageō
Pronunciation
now-ag-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a compound of G3491 and G71; to be shipwrecked (stranded navigate) literally or figuratively: - make (suffer) shipwreck.

Detailed definition

ναυαγέω, -ῶ
(ναῦς, + ἄγνυμι, to break)
to suffer shipwreck: 2Co.11:25; metaphorically, before περὶ τ. πίστιν, 1Ti.1:19.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3489 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shipwreck1
  • suffer1

First verses

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:25
    Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
  2. 1 Timothy 1:19
    Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ναυᾱγ-έω,
Ionic dialect ναυηγ-, perfect νεναυάγηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236 (-ηγ-), 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 76)]: (ναῦς, ἄγνυμι):—suffer shipwreck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.10, etc.: _metaphorically_, of chariots, [prev. author] 61.29)]; of an earthen vessel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 180)]; of persons, ν. ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.55, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.33 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ἐν τῷ βίῳ 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 24.2; περὶ τὴν πίστιν NT.1Tim.1.19; χὡ μὲν ἐναυάγει γαίης ἔπι “Anthologia Graeca” 5.208 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); ναυαγεῖ συμπόσια μὴ τυχόντα παιδαγωγίας ὀρθῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.622b.)]