Acts 21:2:3Acts.21.2.W3TAB
πλοῖον
ploion
“a ship”
- Transliteration
- PLOI-on
- Extended
- ploi-OHN
- IPA
- /ˈploi̯.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- a ship
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PLOI-on
- sentence
KAI heu-RON-tes PLOI-on di-a-pe-RON eis phoi-NEE-kên e-pi-BAN-tes a-NÊKH-thê-men
Exegesis
The aorist active participle heurontes {εὑρόντες | heuróntes} ‘having found’ denotes a prior action, with ploion {πλοῖον | ploîon} ‘ship’ as its object.
Root and etymology
plo-pi–lambda–omicron
“vessel, ship”
In context — Acts 21:2
After finding a ship that was crossing to Phoenicia, we boarded it and sailed .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:2, so the Greek word πλοῖον (ploion) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.2.W3.S1) and character.