verb
apoplamō
Strong’sG636
I sail away
stem apopl-4 times in the New Testament3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἀπο-πλέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G636 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect ἀποπλείω, Ionic dialect ἀποπλώω see reading in Refs 5th c.BC+: future -πλεύσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+ -πλευσοῦμαι Refs 5th c.BC+:— sail away, sail off, οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείεινRefs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| apoplalaἀπέπλευσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | sailed | 2× |
| apoplarōἀποπλεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | sail | 1× |
| apoplarantoisἀποπλεύσαντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | sailed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apoplamō | apoplame | apoplami | apoplama | apoplamē | apoplamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apoplasō | apoplase | apoplasi | apoplasa | apoplasē | apoplaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apoplatō | apoplate | apoplati | apoplata | apoplatē | apoplatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apoplanō | apoplane | apoplani | apoplana | apoplanē | apoplanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apoplavō | apoplave | apoplavi | apoplava | apoplavē | apoplavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apoplalō | apoplale | apoplali | apoplala2×ἀπέπλευσαν | apoplalē | apoplalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apoplameiō | apoplameia | apoplameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apoplaseiō | apoplaseia | apoplaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apoplateiō | apoplateia | apoplateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apoplaneiō | apoplaneia | apoplaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apoplaveiō | apoplaveia | apoplaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apoplaleiō | apoplaleia | apoplaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apoplasōr | apoplasar | apoplasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apoplatōr | apoplatar | apoplatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apoplavōr | apoplavar | apoplavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apoplalōr | apoplalar | apoplalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apoplamoiō | apoplamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apoplasoiō | apoplasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apoplatoiō | apoplatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apoplanoiō | apoplanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apoplavoiō | apoplavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apoplaloiō | apoplaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apoplarō1×ἀποπλεῖν | apoplari | apoplara | apoplarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apoplarōntos | apoplarintos | apoplarantos1× | apoplarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
apopl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
apoplala“sailed”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Acts 13:4… pneumeu katerchala eis Seleukeian, ekeithen tē apoplala eis Kupran,… Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
Acts 14:26kakeithen apoplala eis Antiocheian, hothen ale paradōorēntois ta …From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been …
apoplarō“sail”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 27:1Hōs de krinita teu apoplarō nin eis tan Italian, paradōale ton …… it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other …
apoplarantois“sailed”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 20:15“sailed”kakeithen apoplarantois ta epeiarōnta katantana antikrus Chiau, ta …Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after …