Strong G3881παραλέγω

to sail past

Transliteration
paralegomai
Pronunciation
par-al-eg'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and the middle of G3004 (in its original sense); (specifically) to lay one´ s course near that is sail past: - pass sail by.

Detailed definition

παρα-λέγω
to lay beside; mid.,
__(a) to lie beside (Hom.);
__(b) later, of sailors, to sail past: with accusative, Act.27:8, 13.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3881 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pass1
  • sail1

First verses

  1. Acts 27:8
    And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
  2. Acts 27:13
    And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραλέγω,
pluck out superfluous hair, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—passive, παραλέλεξαι you have had your eyebrows plucked. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 904 (Lyric poetry); παραλελέχθαι τὰς τρίχας 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.35.)]
II middle, παραλέγεσθαι τὴν γῆν sail or coast along, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hanno Geographus “Periplus - GGM” 11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.55, “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 60; τὴν Ἰταλίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.3; τὴν Κρήτην NT.Act.27.8, 13: _absolutely_, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.22.)]
III speak beside the purpose, wander in one's talk, rave, πολλὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.18, 26.δ᾽:)] —middle, παραλεξάμενος speaking beside the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.101 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III.2 speak incidentally, μῦθον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653e)]:—passive, to be cited, ἐπὶ παραδείγματος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 4.7.)]
III.3 add to what one has said, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 665 ii 15 (1st c.AD).)]