Acts 27:38:6Acts.27.38.W6TAB
πλοῖον
ploion
“ship”
- Transliteration
- PLOI-on
- Extended
- PLOI-ohn
- 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
ko-re-STHEN-tes de tro-PHÊS e-KOU-phi-zon to PLOI-on ek-bal-LO-me-noi ton SI-ton eis tên THA-las-san
Exegesis
Its direct object to ploion {τὸ πλοῖον | tò ploî-on} identifies the ship as the target of relief.
Root and etymology
Rootpi–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to sail”
In context — Acts 27:38
And when they had been satisfied with food, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 27:38, 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.27.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.38.W6.S1) and character.