verb
ekplamō
Strong’sG1602
I sail out, sail away
stem ekpl-3 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.
* ἐκ-πλέω, -ῶ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1602 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -πλεύσομαι: perfect - πέπλευκα Refs: Ionic dialect ἐκπλώω, aorist -έπλωσα: perfect πέπλωκα Refs 3rd c.BC+:—sail out or away, τοῦ Πόντου Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τῆσδε γῆςRefs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν, κατὰ ληΐην, Refs; ἐπί τινα against.., Refs 5th c.BC+; of fish, swim out, ἀγεληδὸν ἐ. ἐς θάλασσαν Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, ἐκπλεῖν τῶν φρενῶν go out of one's mind, lose one's senses, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II rarely with accusative loci, sail out past, τὸ ἔθνος τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 with accusative cognate, ἐ. τὸν ὕστερον ἔκπλουν Refs 4th c.BC+
III transitive, ἐ. ἐς τὴν εὐρυχωρίαν τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ναῦς outsail them into the open sea, Refs 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekplateἐξέπλει | was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular | sailed | 1× |
| ekplanaἐξεπλεύσαμεν | happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural | sailed away | 1× |
| ekplaraἐκπλεῦσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | sailed away | 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 | ekplamō | ekplame | ekplami | ekplama | ekplamē | ekplamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekplasō | ekplase | ekplasi | ekplasa | ekplasē | ekplaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekplatō | ekplate1×ἐξέπλει | ekplati | ekplata | ekplatē | ekplatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekplanō | ekplane | ekplani | ekplana1×ἐξεπλεύσαμεν | ekplanē | ekplanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekplavō | ekplave | ekplavi | ekplava | ekplavē | ekplavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekplalō | ekplale | ekplali | ekplala | ekplalē | ekplalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekplameiō | ekplameia | ekplameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekplaseiō | ekplaseia | ekplaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekplateiō | ekplateia | ekplateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekplaneiō | ekplaneia | ekplaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekplaveiō | ekplaveia | ekplaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekplaleiō | ekplaleia | ekplaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekplasōr | ekplasar | ekplasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekplatōr | ekplatar | ekplatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekplavōr | ekplavar | ekplavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekplalōr | ekplalar | ekplalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekplamoiō | ekplamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekplasoiō | ekplasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekplatoiō | ekplatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekplanoiō | ekplanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekplavoiō | ekplavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekplaloiō | ekplaloia |
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 | ekplarō | ekplari | ekplara1×ἐκπλεῦσαι | ekplarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekplarōntos | ekplarintos | ekplarantos | ekplarēntos |
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
ekpl 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
ekplate“sailed”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 18:18… prosmenarantos hēmerain hikanain toi adelfoi apotasserantos ekplate eis tan Surian, kai sun auto …… he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and …
ekplana“sailed away”happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural1×
Acts 20:6“sailed away”nis de ekplana meta tain hēmerain teiu azumeiu apo …And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we …
ekplara“sailed away”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Acts 15:39“sailed away”… ton tē Barnabon paralabaranton ton Markon ekplara eis Kupran,… parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,