- πλοῖον
- πλοῖον, ου, τό (Aeschyl., Hdt.+; esp. freq. in later times, when ναῦς [in our lit. only Ac 27:41; on the differentiation s. Didymus p. 321 MSchmidt] became rare; ins, pap, LXX; En 101:4; OdeSol 11:9; TestSol; TestJob 18:7; TestNapht 6:2, 3, 5; EpArist 214; Joseph.—Prim.: ‘ship’ of any kind, though esp. a merchant ship).① a rather large sea-faring ship, ship Ac 20:13, 38; 21:2f, 6; 27:2–44 (on vs. 44 s. FZorell, BZ 9, 1911, 159f); 28:11; Js 3:4; Rv 8:9; 18:19.② a relatively small fishing vessel, such as would be used on Lake Gennesaret, boat (Jos., Vi. 163; 165) Mt 4:21f; Mk 1:19f; Lk 5:2f, 7; J 6:19, 21ab, 23; w. ἐμβαίνω and without the art. ἐμβαίνειν εἰς πλ. get into a boat Mt 9:1; 13:2; Mk 4:1; Lk 8:22, 37 (these five last reff. w. τό as v.l.: s. N. and Tdf.); w. ἐμβαίνω and the art. ἐμβαίνειν εἰς τὸ πλ. Mt 14:22 (v.l. without τό); 15:39; Mk 5:18; 8:10 (v.l. without τό); J 21:3; ἀναβαίνειν εἰς τὸ πλ. Mt 14:32; Mk 6:51; Ac 21:6. συνεισέρχεσθαι εἰς τὸ πλ. J 6:22. ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐκ τοῦ πλ. get out of the boat Mk 6:54. κατάγειν τὰ πλ. ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν (s. κατάγω) Lk 5:11.—On the 2000-year-old ‘Galilee Boat’ discovered in ’86, s. OEANE II 377–79.③ quite gener. a ship ὀθόνη πλοίου the sail of a ship MPol 15:2.—EHilgert, The Ship and Related Symbols in the NT, ’60.—B. 727; 729. DELG s.v. πλέω. M-M.
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