Fleet
אֳנִיָּהStrong’s H0591oniyyah (o-niy-yah)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Oniyyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ships”, “ships of” and “ship”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”
Meaning
- Shipmen of ships, seamen
How it's translated
- ships 10
- ships of 7
- in ships 4
- a ship 2
- o ships of 2
- like ships of 1
- and ships of 1
- from ships their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- 2 Chronicles 4
- 1 Kings 3
- Psalms 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Jonah 3
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
- Deuteronomy 28:68And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
- Judges 5:17Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
- 1 Kings 9:27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- 1 Kings 22:49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
Hebrew dictionary
אֳנִיָּה oniyyah · fleet
1) ship 1a) men of ships, seamen
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fleet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLEET, noun
[Fleet and float seem to be allied. But whether they are formed from the root of flow, or whether the last consonant is radical, is not obvious. See Float.]
All definitions and other forms of “fleet”
FLEET, adjective
[Eng. to flit.]
- Swift of pace; moving or able to move with rapidity; nimble; light and quick in motion, or moving with lightness and celerity; as a fleet horse or dog.
- Moving with velocity; as fleet winds.
- Light; superficially fruitful; or thin; not penetrating deep; as soil.
- Skimming the surface.
FLEET, verb intransitive
- To fly swiftly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
- To be in a transient state.
- to float.
FLEET, verb transitive
- to skim the surface; to pass over rapidly; as a ship that fleets the gulf.
- To pass lightly, or in mirth and joy; as, to fleet away time. [Not used.]
- To skim milk. [Local, in England.]
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.