Acts 27:6:5Acts.27.6.W5TAB
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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Word in context
- word
PLOI-on
- sentence
ka-KEI heu-RON ho he-ka-ton-TAR-khês PLOI-on a-lek-san-DREE-non PLE-on eis tên i-ta-LEE-an e-ne-BI-ba-sen hê-MAS eis au-TO
Exegesis
The subject ho hekatontarches {ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης | ho he-ka-ton-tár-khēs} ‘the centurion’ is in the nominative position, followed by the object phrase ploion Alexandrinon {πλοῖον Ἀλεξανδρῖνον | ploî-on a-le-xan-drî-non} ‘Alexandrian ship’.
Root and etymology
pleōpi–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to sail”
In context — Acts 27:6
There the centurion came upon an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and put us aboard .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:6, 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.27.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.6.W5.S1) and character.