Acts 28:11:7Acts.28.11.W7TAB
πλοίῳ
ploiō
“a ship”
- Transliteration
- PLOI-ō
- Extended
- PLOI-oh
- IPA
- /ˈploi.ɔː/
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 | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
PLOI-ō
- sentence
me-TA de treis MÊ-nas a-NÊKH-thē-men en PLOI-ō pa-ra-ke-khei-ma-KO-ti en têi NÊ-sō a-lek-san-DRI-nō pa-ra-SÊ-mō di-os-KOU-rois
Exegesis
The aorist passive verb anēchthēmen {ἀνήχθημεν | anḗchthēmen} ‘we set sail’ forms the main action, accompanied by the location phrase en ploíō {ἐν πλοίῳ | en ploíō} ‘in a ship’.
Root and etymology
ploúspi–lambda–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“sea voyage”
In context — Acts 28:11
After three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria that had wintered on the island, and its figurehead was the Dioscuri.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 28:11, so the Greek word πλοίῳ (ploiō) 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.28.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.11.W7.S1) and character.