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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κολυμβάω

(Strong's #2860 — Verb — kolumbao — kol-oom-bah'-o )

"to dive, plunge, into the sea," hence, "to swim," occurs in Acts 27:43 . Cp. kolumbethra, "a pool."

2: ἐκκολυμβάω

(Strong's #1579 — Verb — ekkolumbao — ek-kol-oom-bah'-o )

"to swim out of" (ek), occurs in Acts 27:42 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swim'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/swim.html. 1940.
 
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