Small boat
πλοιάριονStrong’s G4142ploiarion
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ploiarion is the Greek word usually translated “boat” and “boats”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “boat” and “boats”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boat 2
- boats 2
- a boat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 6:22The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
- John 6:23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
- John 6:24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
- John 21:8And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
Greek dictionary
πλοιάριον ploiarion · small boat
πλοιάριον, -ου, τό (dimin. of πλοῖον), a boat: Mrk.3:9, Luk.5:2 (πλοῖα, WH, txt., R), Jhn.6:22-23 (πλοῖα, WH) Jhn.6:24 21:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “boat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOAT, noun
- A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by oars, or rowing.
- A small vessel carrying a mast and sails; but usually described by another word, as a packet-boat, passage-boat, advice-boat. etc.
All definitions and other forms of “boat”
BOAT, verb transitive
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods across a lake.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.