BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7965
sha.lom — peace
: peace 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace 1a) completeness (in number) 1b) safety, soundness (in body) 1c) welfare, health, prosperity 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment 1e) peace, friendship 1e1) of human relationships 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship 1f) peace (from war) 1g) peace (as adjective)
204 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G907
baptizō — to baptize
βαπτίζω (βάπτω), [in LXX: 4Ki.5:14 (טבל), Isa.21:4, Jdth.12:7, Sir.31 (34)30 * ;] to dip, immerse, sink; 1. generally (in Polyb., iii, 72, of soldiers wading breast-deep; in i, 51, of the sinking of ships); metaphorically, to overwhelm (Is, l.with; cf. MM, Exp., x); with cogn. accusative, βάπτισμα β., Mrk.10:38, 39 Luk.12:50. Mid., 2. to perform ablutions, wash oneself, bathe (Ki, Jth, Si, ll. with): Mrk.7:4; aor. pass, in same sense, Luk.11:38. 3 Of ablution, immersion, as a religious rite, to baptize; (a) (a) absol.; Mrk.1:4, Jhn.1:25, 26 28 3:22, 23, 26 4:2 10:40, 1Co.1:17; ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ βαπτιστής, M, Pr., 127), Mrk.6:14, 24; with accusative, Jhn.4:1, Act.8:38, I Co.1.14, 16; with cogn. accusative, τὸ βάπτισμα, Act.19:4 (cf. Mrk.10:38, supr.); pass., to be baptized, receive baptism: Mat.3:13, 14, 16, Mrk.16:16, Luk.3:7, 12 21 7:29 (τ. βάπτισμα) ib. 30, Act.2:41 8:12, 13 36 9:18 10:47 16:15, 33 18:8; mid., 22:16 (M, Pr., 163); (b) with prepositions: ἐν, of the element, Mat.3:6, 11 Mrk.1:4, 5 8, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:26, 31 33 3:23, Act.1:5 2:38 10:48 11:16, 1Co.10:2; εἰς, of the element, purpose or result (Lft., Notes, 155), Mat.3:1 28:19, Mrk.1:9, Act.8:16 19:3, 5 Rom.6:3, 1Co.1:13, 15 10:2 12:13, Gal.3:27; with dative, ὕδατι, Luk.3:16, Act.1:5 11:16; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν, perh. to fulfil the wish of a dead friend, 1Co.15:29 (see ICC, in l.; cf. DB, i, 238ff.; DCG, i, 169a; ii, 605b; Cremer, 126). † (AS)
62 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H591
o.niy.yah — fleet
1) ship 1a) men of ships, seamen
25 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H590
o.ni — fleet
fleet, ships
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4845
sumplēroō — to (ful)fill
συν-πληρόω (Rec. συμπ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: Jer.25:12 (נָפַל) * ;] 1. to fill up completely (Thuc., of manning ships): of a ship filling with water, and by meton., of those on board, Luk.8:23. 2. to complete, fulfil: of time (Je, l.with, and see MM, xxiv), Luk.9:51, Act.2:1 (on the "durative inf.," see M, Pr., 233).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2113
euthudromeō — to sail straight
εὐθυδρομέω, -ῶ of ships, to run a straight course (Philo): Act.16:11 21:1.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20796
naulos — rent
1. passage-money, the fare or freight , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. the freight or cargo of ships, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6951
diōtheō — to push away
1. to push asunder, tear away , (Iliad by Homer) 2. to thrust through , (Plutarch) 3. Mid. to push asunder for oneself, force one's way through, break through , with accusative, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. to push from oneself, push one another away , of seamen keeping ships from collision, (Thucydides):—; to drive back, repel, repulse , (Herdotus Historicus):—;absolute to get rid of danger , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. to reject , Lat. respuere, (Herdotus Historicus):—;absolute to refuse , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7081
ekbrazō — to throw out
to throw out foam, of the sea:—;Pass., of ships, to be cast ashore , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7234
energos — operative
1. at work, working, active, busy , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: of soldiers, ships, effective, fit for service , (Thucydides) 2. of land, in work, productive , opposite to ἀργός, (Xenophon Historicus); ἐν. χρήματα capital which brings in a return , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. adverb ἐνεργῶς with activity , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7599
zeugnumi — harness
1. to yoke, put to , ἵππους (Homer), etc.; ζ. ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα, ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν, ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφιν, ὑπ᾽ ἀμάξηισιν (Iliad by Homer);—;(so in Mid., ἵππους ζεύγνυσθαι to put to one's horses, (Homer));—;also of riding horses, to harness, saddle and bridle , ζεῦξαι Πάγασον (Pindar):—;of chariots, to put to, get ready , (Homer) 2. to bind, bind fast , (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass., φάρη ἐζευγμέναι having them fastened , (Euripides) 3. metaphorically, πότμωι ζυγείς in the yoke of fate, (Pindar); ἀνάγκηι, ὁρκίοις ζυγείς (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. to join together , σανίδες ἐζευγμέναι well-joined , (Iliad by Homer) 5. to join in wedlock , (Euripides):—;in Mid., of the husband, to wed , (Euripides):—;Pass. to be married , (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. to join opposite banks by bridges , τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ζεῦξαι (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;also, γέφυραν ζεῦξαι to form a bridge, (Herdotus Historicus) 7. to undergird ships with ropes , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7840
kataduō — to descend into
1. intransitive, in active present καταδύνω and middle καταδύομαι:—; to go down, sink, set , of the sun, ἠέλιος κατέδυ (Iliad by Homer); ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα till sun set , (Odyssey by Homer); of ships, to be sunk or rather to be disabled (see. infr. II), (Herdotus Historicus):—;of persons, καταδεδυκώς having popped down , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. to go down into, plunge into , with accusative, καταδῦναι ὅμιλον, μάχην, δόμον, πόλιν (Homer); followed by a preposition, καταδυσόμεθ᾽ εἰς Ἀί̈δαο δόμους we will go down into . ., (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;with a notion of secresy, to insinuate oneself, steal into , (Plato Philosophus) 3. to slink away and lie hid , καταδύομαι ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης (Xenophon Historicus) 4. to get into, put on , τεύχεα (Homer) 5. Causal, to make to sink , Lat. submergere, ἐμὲ καταδύουσι τῷ ἄχει (Xenophon Historicus); mostly in aor1, τοὺς γαυλοὺς καταδύσας (Herdotus Historicus); καταδῦσαι ναῦν to cut it down to the water's edge, disable it, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7920
kataskeuē — apparatus
1. preparation , ἐν κατασκευῇ τοῦ πολέμου in preparing for it, (Thucydides); the equipment of ships, engines, etc., (Thucydides) 2. any kind of furniture that is fixed , opposite to what is movable παρασκευή); buildings, fixtures , (Thucydides); but also, like παρασκευή, any furniture , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. the state, condition, constitution of a thing, (Euripides) 4. a device, trick , (Aeschines Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7924
kataspaō — to tear down
1. to draw or pull down , κ. τὰς νῆας to haul ships down to the sea , (Herdotus Historicus); κ. σημεῖα to pull the flags down (in token of defeat), (Thucydides); κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to quaff or swallow down , Lat. deglutire, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8040
koilos — hollow
1. hollow, hollowed , epithet of ships, which in early times were hollowed out of trees, (Homer); later, κοίλη ναῦς was the hold of the ship, (Herdotus Historicus); so, ἡ κοίλη alone, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;of the Trojan horse, κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ (Odyssey by Homer); κ. κάπετος, of a grave, (Iliad by Homer); κ. δέμνια, of the bed when no one is in it , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. of Places, lying in a hollow or forming a hollow , κοίλη Λακεδαίμων the vale of L., (Odyssey by Homer); κ. Θεσσαλία (Herdotus Historicus); κ. Ἄργος (Sophocles Tragicus); τὰ Κοῖλα τῆς Εὐβοίας (Herdotus Historicus); ἡ Κοιλή the valley of the Ilissus, (Herdotus Historicus):—; κ. λιμήν of a harbour lying between high cliffs , (Odyssey by Homer); κ. αἰγιαλός an embayed beach, (Odyssey by Homer):—; κ. ὁδός a hollow way, (Iliad by Homer):—; κ. ποταμός a river nearly empty of water, (Thucydides) (so Virgil, cava flumina) : metaphorically of the voice, hollow , μυκάσατο κοῖλον (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); φθέγγεσθαι κοῖλον (Lucian) 3. as Substantive κοῖλον, ου, τό, a hollow, cavity, ravine , (Plato Philosophus); like κοιλία, of the cavities in the body, τὰ κ. γαστρός (Euripides); also, ἐν τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8144
kōpē — an oar
1. any handle: 2. the handle of an oar , and generally an oar , (Odyssey by Homer), attic; νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, = θαλαμίτης, metaphorically of a man of low rank, (Aeschulus Tragicus); παραπέμπειν ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκα κώπαις, a proverb of dubious origin, meaning "to escort with all the honours, " (Aristophanes Comicus):—;poetry to express ships, σὺν κώπᾳ χιλιοναύτᾳ, of Agamemnon's fleet, (Euripides) 3. the handle of a sword, the haft, hilt , Lat. capulus, (Homer) 4. the handle of a key , (Odyssey by Homer) 5. the haft of a torch , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8308
meteōros — a meteorite
1. raised from the ground, hanging , Lat. suspensus, (Herdotus Historicus);—;of high ground, (Thucydides) 2. like μετάρσιος, in mid-air, high in air , Lat. sublimis, (Herdotus Historicus); Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὰ μ. things in heaven above, astronomical phenomena , (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. on the high sea, out at sea , of ships, (Thucydides) 4. metaphorically of the mind, lifted up, buoyed up, on the tiptoe of expectation, in suspense , Lat. spe erectus, (Thucydides) 5. wavering, uncertain , (Demosthenes Orator): —;adverb, μετεώρως ἔχειν to be in uncertainty , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8351
mochtheō — to make an effort
1. to be weary with toil, to be sore distressed , (Iliad by Homer):—; to work hard, labour , (Euripides), etc.; with accusative cognate, μ. μόχθους, πόνους to undergo hardships, or to execute painful tasks, (Euripides); μ. μαθήματα to toil at learning, (Euripides) 2. with accusative objecti, τέκνα ἁμόχθησα the children whom I toiled for, (Euripides); μ. τινά θεραπεύμασιν = θεραπεύειν, (Euripides); compare μόχθος. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8352
mochlos — a bar
1. a bar used as a lever, a crowbar, handspike , Lat, vectis , used for moving ships, (Odyssey by Homer); for forcing doors and gates, (Euripides) 2. the stake which Ulysses ran into the Cyclops' eye, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. a wooden bar , placed across gates on the inside and secured by the βάλανος, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8378
nautikos — mariner
1. seafaring, naval , ὁ ν. στρατός opposite to ὁ πεζός, (Herdotus Historicus); ν. λεώς (Aeschulus Tragicus); στόλος (Sophocles Tragicus); ν. ἐρείπια wrecks of ships , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ν. ἀναρχία among the seamen , (Euripides):—; τὸ ναυτικόν a navy, fleet , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. of persons, skilled in seamanship, nautical , ναυτικοὶ ἐγένοντο became a naval power , (Thucydides) 3. ἡ ναυτική (i.e. τέχνη); navigation, seamanship , (Herdotus Historicus); so, τὰ ναυτικά (Plato Philosophus);—;but, τὰ ναυτικά, also, naval affairs naval power , (Thucydides) 4. at Athens, ναυτικόν technically meant money borrowed or lent on bottomry , (Xenophon Historicus), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8641
paratassō — to deploy
1. to place side by side, draw up in battle-order , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;Mid. to draw up one's men in battle-order , (Xenophon Historicus); so of ships, (Thucydides):—;Mid. and Pass. to be drawn up along , παρατετάχατο παρὰ τὴν ἀκτήν (Herdotus Historicus); ἑκατέρωθεν παρατεταγμένοι (Thucydides); so, παρετάξαντο ἀλλήλοις (Xenophon Historicus): absolute, παρατεταγμένοι or παραταξάμενοι in order of battle , (Thucydides) 2. in Mid. and Pass., also, to stand prepared , παρατετάχθαι πρὸς τὸ ἀποκρίνεσθαι (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8680
peiratēs — a marauder
a pirate , Lat. pirata, i. e. one who attacks ships, (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8730
perikathēmai — to besiege
to be seated or to sit all round , (Herdotus Historicus): of an army, to beleaguer, invest a town, (Herdotus Historicus); of ships, to blockade , (Herdotus Historicus): with accusative pers. to sit down by one, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8810
pleuron — a side
1. a rib : mostly in plural the ribs, the side , (Iliad by Homer), etc.;—;also in singular, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. of places, πλευρὸν νεῶν the side of the bay where the ships lay, (Sophocles Tragicus); τὸ δεξιὸν πλ. the right flank (of an army), (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Num. 24:24). Solomon constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram’s sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chr. 8:18). Afterwards, Jehoshaphat sought to provide himself with a navy at the same port, but his ships appear to have been wrecked before they set sail (1 Kings 22:48, 49; 2 Chr. 20:35-37). In our Lord’s time fishermen’s boats on the Sea of Galilee were called “ships.” Much may be learned regarding the construction of ancient merchant ships and navigation from the record in Acts 27, 28.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
