STRONGS G4126:
πλέω; imperfect 1 person plural
ἐπλέομεν; (allied with
πλύνω, Latin
pluo, fluo, our
float, flow, etc.;
Curtius, § 369); from
Homer down;
to sail, navigate, travel by ship:
Luke 8:23;
Acts 27:24; followed by
εἰς with an accusative of place,
Acts 21:3;
Acts 27:6;
ἐπί τόπον,
Revelation 18:17 G L T Tr WH; by a use common only to the poets (cf.
Matthiae, § 409, 4{a}; Kühner, ii. § 409, 6; (
Jelf, § 559;
Winer's Grammar, 224 (210))), with a simple accusative indicating the direction:
Acts 27:2 (
Euripides, Med.
Acts 27:7), where
L T Tr WH add
εἰς (Compare:
ἀποπλέω,
διαπλέω,
ἐκπλέω,
καταπλέω,
παραπλέω,
ὑποπλέω.)
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