1602. ekpleó

Strong's Lexicon

ekpleó: To sail away, to set sail

Original Word: ἐκπλέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekpleó
Pronunciation: ek-pleh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-pleh'-o)
Definition: To sail away, to set sail
Meaning: I sail out (of harbor), sail away.

Word Origin: From the preposition ἐκ (ek, meaning "out of") and the verb πλέω (pleó, meaning "to sail").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἐκπλέω, the concept of setting sail or embarking on a journey can be related to Hebrew terms for travel or journey, such as יָצָא (yatsa, meaning "to go out" or "to depart").

Usage: The verb ἐκπλέω is used in the New Testament to describe the action of setting sail or departing by ship. It conveys the idea of leaving a port or harbor to embark on a journey across the sea. This term is often used in the context of travel and missionary journeys in the early Christian church.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the first century Mediterranean world, sailing was a common mode of transportation for long-distance travel. The Roman Empire's extensive network of sea routes facilitated trade, communication, and the spread of ideas, including the Christian gospel. Ships were essential for the missionary journeys of the apostles, as they traveled to spread the message of Christ across different regions.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ek and pleó
Definition
to sail away
NASB Translation
put out to sea (1), sailed (1), sailed away (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1602: ἐκπλέω

ἐκπλέω: (imperfect ἐξεπλεον); 1 aorist ἐξέπλευσα; to sail from sail away, depart by ship: ἀπό with the genitive of place, Acts 20:6; εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 15:39; Acts 18:18. (Sophocles, Herodotus, Thucydides, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sail away.

From ek and pleo; to depart by ship -- sail (away, thence).

see GREEK ek

see GREEK pleo

Forms and Transliterations

εκπλευσαι εκπλεύσαι ἐκπλεῦσαι εκπλήξει εξεπλει εξέπλει ἐξέπλει εξεπλευσαμεν εξεπλεύσαμεν ἐξεπλεύσαμεν ekpleusai ekpleûsai exeplei exéplei exepleusamen exepleúsamen

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 15:39 V-ANA
GRK: τὸν Μάρκον ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰς Κύπρον
NAS: Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.
KJV: took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
INT: Mark sailed to Cyprus

Acts 18:18 V-IIA-3S
GRK: ἀδελφοῖς ἀποταξάμενος ἐξέπλει εἰς τὴν
NAS: of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria,
KJV: of the brethren, and sailed thence into
INT: brothers having taken leave of sailed away to

Acts 20:6 V-AIA-1P
GRK: ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐξεπλεύσαμεν μετὰ τὰς
NAS: We sailed from Philippi after
KJV: And we sailed away from Philippi
INT: we moreover sailed away after the

Strong's Greek 1602
3 Occurrences

ἐκπλεῦσαι — 1 Occ.
ἐξέπλει — 1 Occ.
ἐξεπλεύσαμεν — 1 Occ.