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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1602 - ἐκπλέω

Transliteration

ekpléō

Phonetics

ek-pleh'-o

Origin

from (G1537) and (G4126)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to sail from, sail away, depart by ship

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Acts 3

BSB (3)

Acts 3

CSB (3)

Acts 3

ESV (3)

Acts 3

KJV (3)

Acts 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Acts 5

N95 (5)

Acts 5

NAS (5)

Acts 5

NLT (3)

Acts 4

WEB (3)

Acts 3

YLT (3)

Acts 3

ASV (3)

and sailed thence 1

sailed away 1

with him, and sailed 1

BSB (3)

and sailed 1

and then he sailed 1

sailed 1

CSB (3)

away 2

off 1

ESV (3)

sailed 1

sailed away 1

set sail 1

KJV (3)

away 1

sailed 1

thence 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

away 1

put 1

sailed 2

sea 1

N95 (5)

away 1

put 1

sailed 2

sea 1

NAS (5)

away 2

sailed 3

NLT (3)

sail 1

sailed 1

ship 1

WEB (3)

sailed away 1

sailed from there 1

YLT (3)

did sail 1

sailed 1

was sailing 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ANT

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN- 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BMT

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

NA26

V-1AAIP 1

V-3IAIS 1

V-AAN 1

SBL

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

SCV

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

TRG

V-AAI-1P 1

V-AAN 1

V-IAI-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκπλέω,

I fut. - πλεύσομαι: pf. - πέπλευκα IG 2.793a7: Ion. ἐκπλώω, aor. - έπλωσα: pf. πέπλωκα Lyc. 1084: —

1. sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου Hdt. 6.5; ἔξω τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου Id. 5.103; τῆσδ' ἐ. χθονός S. Ph. 1375; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς ib. 577; ἐ. ἐς ἀποικίην Hdt. 6.22; κατ' Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, Id. 2.44, 152; ἐπί τινα against.., Th. 1.37; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν Hdt. 2.93.

2. metaph., ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of one's mind, lose one's senses, Id. 3.155, Ael. Fr. 240.

II rarely c. acc. loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων Arr. Ind. 29.7, cf. Lyc. 1084, A.R. 2.645.

2. c. acc. cogn., ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν D. 49.6.

III trans., ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, Th. 8.102 (s.v.l.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐκπλέω: (imperfect ἐξεπλεον); 1 aorist ἐξέπλευσα; to sail from sail away, depart by ship: ἀπό with the genitive of place, Acts 20:6; εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 15:39; Acts 18:18. (Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ἐκ -πλέω , -ῶ ,

to sail away: Acts 20:6; seq. εἰς , Acts 15:39; Acts 18:18.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

PSI IV. 444.1 (iii/B.C.) μετὰ τ ̣ὸ ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰσήγαγον κτλ., Syll 220.13 (iii/B.C.) πειρατικῶν ἐκπλεόντων ἐκ τοῦ Ἐπιλιμνίου, and the memorial tablet, OGIS 69.5 (Ptol.), erected by one who had been saved ἐγ μεγάλων κινδύνων ἐκπλεύσας ἐκ τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης. For the corresponding subst. cf. ἔκπλωι in P Petr III. 21 (e ).5 and P Hib I. 30.26 (B.C. 300–271), in both cases after an hiatus.

List of Word Forms

εκπλευσαι εκπλεύσαι ἐκπλεῦσαι εκπλήξει εξεπλει εξέπλει ἐξέπλει εξεπλευσαμεν εξεπλεύσαμεν ἐξεπλεύσαμεν ekpleusai ekpleûsai exeplei exéplei exepleusamen exepleúsamen