Greek word · G4144

πλόος

ploos

voyage

A sea voyage, a passage, the act of sailing (Acts 21:7; 27:10).

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

πλόος, πλούς genitive, -όου, -oῦ (and in late writers also πλοός, like νοός from νοῦς), ὁ

(πλέω), [in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 14:1 * ;]

a voyage: Acts 21:7 27:9-10.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Acts 27:9

Range of meaning

A sea voyage, a passage, the act of sailing (Acts 21:7; 27:10).

Against the English

'Voyage' or 'sailing' are both accurate.

Used elsewhere in the period

It is the common Greek word for a sea passage, used throughout Hellenistic literature and in commercial papyri about shipping.

Where it appears

Acts · 3

  1. Acts 21:7 πλοῦν voyage

    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

    Here: A trip by ship. Luke uses it only for sea travel (also 27:9–10). This is the coastal leg south from Tyre.

  2. Acts 27:9 πλοὸς voyage

    By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

    Here: The act of sailing, the passage by sea. It is the same word Paul uses in v.10 when he warns that 'the voyage' will end in disaster.

  3. Acts 27:10 πλοῦν. voyage.

    “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

    Here: The voyage, the act of sailing on. Verse 9 has just used the same word: 'the voyage (ploos) was already dangerous'. Paul picks up the word and spells out what that danger means.

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