Boat
πλοῖονStrong’s G4143ploion
Appears in 63 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ploion is the Greek word usually translated “boat”, “ship” and “boats”. It appears in 63 verses of the New Testament.
“And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “boat”, “ship” and “boats”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- boat 37
- ship 13
- a boat 6
- boats 5
- ships 3
- a ship 2
- the boat 1
- on a ship 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 19
- Mark 16
- Matthew 13
- Luke 6
- John 6
- Revelation 2
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
- Matthew 8:23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 9:1And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 14:13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
All 63 verses, by book
- James 1
- 3:4
Greek dictionary
πλοῖον ploion · boat
πλοῖον, -ον, τό (πλέω), [in LXX chiefly for אֳנִיָּה ;] a boat, also (= obsolete ναῦς) a ship: Mat.4:21-22, and frequently in Gosp. and Ac, Jas.3:4, Rev.8:9 18:19. (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.