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Strong's #2668 - καταπλέω
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- to sail down from the deep sea to the land
- to put in
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καταπλεìω
From G2596 and G4126
καταπλέω: 1 aorist κατέπλευσα; (from Homer on); to sail down from the deep sea to land; to put in: εἰς τήν χώραν, Luke 8:26.
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* κατα -πλέω , -ῶ ,
to sail down, sail to land, put in: εἰς τ . χώραν , Luke 8:26.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
καταπλέω is the word regularly used for ";sailing down"; the Nile to Alexandria : cf. e.g. P Lille I. 17.7 (iii/B.C.) καταπλεῖ γὰρ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρεαν Φίλων, P Magd 22.4 (B.C. 221) πρὶν τοῦ ] καταπλεῦσαί με εἰς τὴν πόλιν : cf. also P Giss I. 25.10 (Rom.) συνέστησα γὰρ αὐτὸν διὰ τό σε τότε καταπεπλευκέναι, OGIS 344.2 (i/B.C.) οἱ καταπλέοντες εἰς Βιθυνίαν ἔμποροι καὶ ναύκληροι. For the subst. see P Flor I. 6.14 (A.D. 210) εἰς τὸν κατάπλουν (to Alexandria), OGIS 90.17 (Rosetta stone—B.C. 196) τοῦ κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν κατάπλου.
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Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
