ἐμβαίνω embainō

Greek word for “to climb” · Strong’s G1684 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

ἐμ-βαίνω; to step into: (WH, RV omit); εἰς πλοῖον, to embark: 9:1 13:2 14:22 15:39, 5:18 6:45 8:10, 13, 8:22, 37, 21:3.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for embainō in context, with how often each is used:

• having climbed 8
• climbed 4
• climb 2
• having climbed into 1
• when climbing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 8 (2), Luke 8 (2), John 6 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 5 (1)

Forms

• ἐμβὰς 5
• ἐμβάντα 2
• ἐμβῆναι 2
• ἐνέβη 2
• ἐνέβησαν 2
• ἐμβάντι 1
• ἐμβαίνοντος 1
• ἐμβάντες 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with embainō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πλοῖον ploion “boat” 14
• πέραν peran “other side” 5
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 7
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 6
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 3
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 3
• ἀναγκάζω anagkazō “to compel” 2
• Καπερναούμ Kapernaoum “Capernaum” 2
• προάγω proagō “to go/bring before” 2
• συνάγω sunagō “to assemble” 2
• ἐρωτάω erōtaō “to ask” 2
• Σίμων Simōn “Simon” 2

Key verses

The verses using embainō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:23 — And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
• Matthew 9:1 — And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
• Matthew 13:2 — And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
• Matthew 14:22 — And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
• Mark 4:1 — And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the…
• Mark 5:18 — And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
• Mark 6:45 — And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
• Mark 8:13 — And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
• Luke 8:22 — Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And…
• Luke 8:37 — Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into…
• John 6:24 — When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
• John 21:3 — Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.