Strong G4144πλόος
voyage
- Transliteration
- ploos
- Pronunciation
- plo'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4126; a sail that is navigation: - course sailing voyage.
Detailed definition
πλόος, πλούς genitive, -όου, -oῦ (and in late writers also πλοός, like νοός from νοῦς), ὁ
(πλέω), [in LXX: Wis.14:1 *;]
a voyage: Act.21:7 27:9-10.†
(AS)
(πλέω), [in LXX: Wis.14:1 *;]
a voyage: Act.21:7 27:9-10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4144 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- course1
- sailing1
- voyage1
First verses
- Acts 21:7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
- Acts 27:9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
- Acts 27:10And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλόος, ὁ,
Attic dialect contraction πλοῦς; plural πλοῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 304, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.7; _genitive_ πλῶν “OGI” 132.9 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC))]; dative πλοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.83; _accusative_ πλοῦς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b24)]; later, a genitive singular πλοός, as if of third declension (compare χοῦς A), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 62, “OGI” 572.21 (Myra, 2nd-3rd c.AD), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus Eph.1.14; _dative_ πλοΐ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.2: _plural_ πλόες 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.; _accusative_ πλόας “IGRom.” 4.841 (from Hierapolis))]: (πλέω):—sailing, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.169, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (who always has the _disyllable_ form) 2.29, etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.52; ναῶν π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.32; πλόον ὁρμαίνειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place])]; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1045, “Ph.” 552)]; ἔξω πλόου out of one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.39; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29)]; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' sail, [Refs ([prev. work] 158)]; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when the voyage is done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.185: _metaphorically_, διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ.. τῆς ζωῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 803b.)]
2 time or tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 630, 678; καιρὸς καὶ π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1450 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.24, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; π. ἐστί τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 899, “IA” 92; παραπεσόντος π. τισί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.57.6)]; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a fair wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3; πλόον δοκάζων 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 52: _plural_, καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.83.)]
3 proverbial, δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (conjecture), κώπαισι πλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 241), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99d, “Phlb.” 19c, “Plt.” 300c)]; δεύτερος δὲ π..., πειρᾶσθαι.. the next best thing is to try.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284b19; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν [prev. author] “EN” 1109a35; δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.36.6: proverbial, οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ᾽ ὁ π. 4th c.BC(?): Nicolaus Comicus 1.26)], compare Κόρινθο; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 274.)]
4 later, ={ὁδός}, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the crawling of a serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 295, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
4.b highway, ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus 62; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.13.)]
Attic dialect contraction πλοῦς; plural πλοῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 304, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.7; _genitive_ πλῶν “OGI” 132.9 (Egypt, 2nd c.BC))]; dative πλοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.83; _accusative_ πλοῦς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b24)]; later, a genitive singular πλοός, as if of third declension (compare χοῦς A), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 62, “OGI” 572.21 (Myra, 2nd-3rd c.AD), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus Eph.1.14; _dative_ πλοΐ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.2: _plural_ πλόες 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.; _accusative_ πλόας “IGRom.” 4.841 (from Hierapolis))]: (πλέω):—sailing, voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.169, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (who always has the _disyllable_ form) 2.29, etc.; ἔσσεται Ἀγεάνακτι καλὸς π. ἐς Μιτυλάναν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.52; ναῶν π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.32; πλόον ὁρμαίνειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place])]; πλοῦν στεῖλαι, ποιεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1045, “Ph.” 552)]; ἔξω πλόου out of one's course, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.39; ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρας τέσσερας πλόος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29)]; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' sail, [Refs ([prev. work] 158)]; ἐκ τῶν πλόων when the voyage is done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.185: _metaphorically_, διὰ τοῦ πλοῦ.. τῆς ζωῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 803b.)]
2 time or tide for sailing, ὡραῖος π., εἰαρινὸς π., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 630, 678; καιρὸς καὶ π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1450 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. ἡμῖν ἐγίγνετο, i.e. the wind was fair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.24, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; π. ἐστί τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 899, “IA” 92; παραπεσόντος π. τισί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.57.6)]; πλῷ χρήσασθαι to have a fair wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3; πλόον δοκάζων 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 52: _plural_, καλλίστοις ἐχρήσαντο πλοῖς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.83.)]
3 proverbial, δεύτερος π. 'the next best way', of those who try another scheme if the first fails (from those who use oars when the wind fails, ὁ δ. π. ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου (conjecture), κώπαισι πλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 241), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99d, “Phlb.” 19c, “Plt.” 300c)]; δεύτερος δὲ π..., πειρᾶσθαι.. the next best thing is to try.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284b19; κατὰ τὸν δ. πλοῦν [prev. author] “EN” 1109a35; δ. ἂν εἴη π. τὸ.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.36.6: proverbial, οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπὶ τράπεζάν ἐσθ᾽ ὁ π. 4th c.BC(?): Nicolaus Comicus 1.26)], compare Κόρινθο; ἡμέτερος ὁ π. 'our innings', [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 274.)]
4 later, ={ὁδός}, βαιὸν π. αἰὲν ὀκέλλει, of the crawling of a serpent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 295, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
4.b highway, ὑλήεντα διὰ πλόον ἐρχομένοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus 62; ἔχοντα παρὰ πλόον οἰκίον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.13.)]