πλοῖον ploion

Greek word for “boat” · Strong’s G4143 · used 67 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

πλοῖον, -ον, τό; (πλέω); a boat, also (= obsolete ναῦς) a ship:, and frequently in Gosp. and Ac, 18:19.;

How it is translated

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

• boat 43
• ship 16
• boats 5
• ships 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 27 (13), Matthew 14 (6), Mark 6 (5), Luke 5 (4), John 6 (4), Mark 4 (3), Mark 5 (3), Acts 21 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 8 (2)

Forms

• πλοῖον 33
• πλοίῳ 14
• πλοίου 12
• πλοῖα 6
• πλοίων 2

Words used with it

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

• ἐμβαίνω embainō “to climb” 14
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 11
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 10
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 8
• πέραν peran “other side” 6
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 6
• ἀνάγω anagō “to lead” 5
• γῆ gē “earth” 8
• δίκτυον diktuon “net” 4
• μετά meta “with/after” 8
• ὥστε hōste “so” 5
• κῦμα kuma “a wave” 3

Key verses

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

• Matthew 4:21 — And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets;…
• Matthew 8:24 — And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
• Matthew 14:33 — Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
• Mark 6:51 — And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
• 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 6:19 — So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
• Acts 21:3 — Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
• Acts 27:2 — And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
• Acts 27:22 — And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
• Acts 27:31 — Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
• Revelation 18:19 — And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by…

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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.