Acts 21:6:7Acts.21.6.W7TAB
πλοῖον
ploion
“ship”
- Transliteration
- PLOI-on
- Extended
- ploi-ON
- IPA
- /ˈploi.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- ship
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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-pê-spa-SA-me-tha al-LÊ-lous KAI e-NE-bê-men eis to PLOI-on e-KEI-noi de hy-PE-stre-psan eis ta I-di-a
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links this to the next aorist active verb enebemen {ἐνέβημεν | enébēmen} ‘we went on board’, with eis to ploion {εἰς τὸ πλοῖον | eis tò ploîon} indicating movement into the vessel.
Root and etymology
plo-pi–lambda–omicron
“vessel, ship”
In context — Acts 21:6
After we had said farewell to one another, we boarded the ship ; but they went back to their own homes.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 21:6, 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.21.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.6.W7.S1) and character.