Acts 21:3:19Acts.21.3.W19TAB
πλοῖον
ploion
“ship”
- Transliteration
- PLOI-on
- Extended
- PLOI-ohn
- IPA
- /ˈploi.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
PLOI-on
- sentence
a-na-PHA-nan-tes de tên KY-pron kai ka-ta-li-PON-tes au-TÊN eu-Ô-ny-mon e-PLE-o-men eis sy-RI-an kai ka-TÊL-tho-men eis TY-ron e-KEI-se gar to PLOI-on ÊN a-po-phor-ti-DZO-me-non ton GO-mon
Exegesis
In that clause, the imperfect en {ἦν | ên} links to the subject to ploion {τὸ πλοῖον | tò ploîon}, with the present participle apophortizomenon {ἀποφορτιζόμενον | apophortizómenon} governing the object ton gomon {τὸν γόμον | tòn gómon}, literally “being-unloaded the cargo,” which is rendered as “was to unload its cargo” (formal) or “was stopping … to unload what it carried” (dynamic) to convey both the scheduled and ongoing nature of the action. This structure of participial chaining and causal gar-clause is expressed through English subordinate temporal and causal clauses to preserve the sequence of movements and the reason for pausing at Tyre.
Root and etymology
pleopi–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to sail, travel by sea”
In context — Acts 21:3
When Cyprus came into view and we left it to our left, we sailed toward Syria and came ashore at Tyre, because there the ship was to unload its cargo .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 21:3, 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.21.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.3.W19.S1) and character.