Greek noun (neuter) · G4143
πλοῖον
ploionploy'-on
boat
67 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ploîon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4143is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4143
a sailer, i.e. vessel
The King James renders it: ship(-ing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ploion is rendered "boat". It stands 67 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
Matthew 4:21πλοίῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- boat36
- ship13
- a boat6
- boats5
- ships3
- a ship2
- on a ship1
- the boat1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πλοιάριον | ploiarion | small boat | Uses5 |
All 67, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πλοῖον32
- πλοίῳ14
- πλοίου12
- πλοῖα6
- πλοίων2
- πλοῖον.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular29N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular14N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular12N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural4N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular4N-NSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2N-NPN
Matthew
thirteen uses
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: the boat
“Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
After Jesus had dismissed the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Mark
seventeen uses
Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
- πλοῖαploianoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: boats
Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Luke
eight uses
He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
- πλοῖαploianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: boats
Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
- πλοίωνploionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: boats
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
- πλοῖαploianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: boats
And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
- πλοῖαploianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: boats
One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
John
seven uses
got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
- πλοῖονploionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: boat
The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
Acts
nineteen uses
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ship
They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
- πλοῖον.¶ploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ship
Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a boat
After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: ship
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: boat
We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: on a ship
There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a ship
“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.”
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ship
On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
In all, there were 276 of us on board.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: boat
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ship
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- πλοῖονploionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ship
The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
- πλοίουploiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ship
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
- πλοίῳploionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: a ship
James
one use
Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
- πλοῖαploianoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: ships
Revelation
two uses
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- πλοίωνploionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: ships
Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”
- πλοῖαploianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: ships
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
