verb
kataplamō
Strong’sG2668
I sail down
stem katapl-once in the New Testament1 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.
* κατα-πλέω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2668 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic καταπλώω Refs 5th c.BC+ codices: aorist -έπλωσα Refs, +others:— sail down; i.e.,
1 sail from the high sea to land, put in, Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς ἐκ Πόντου ναῦς Ἀθήναζε κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; sail home, Refs 5th c.BC+ having lately come ashore, Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, to be brought by sea, Refs 3rd c.BC+.
2 sail down stream, [ἐς] Refs 5th c.BC+; in Egypt, down the Nile, κ. εἰς τὴν πόλιν (i.e. Alexandria) Refs 3rd c.BC+, etc.; of fish, swim down stream, Refs 5th c.BC+
II sail back, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kataplalaκατέπλευσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kataplamō | kataplame | kataplami | kataplama | kataplamē | kataplamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kataplasō | kataplase | kataplasi | kataplasa | kataplasē | kataplaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kataplatō | kataplate | kataplati | kataplata | kataplatē | kataplatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kataplanō | kataplane | kataplani | kataplana | kataplanē | kataplanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kataplavō | kataplave | kataplavi | kataplava | kataplavē | kataplavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kataplalō | kataplale | kataplali | kataplala1×κατέπλευσαν | kataplalē | kataplalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kataplameiō | kataplameia | kataplameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kataplaseiō | kataplaseia | kataplaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kataplateiō | kataplateia | kataplateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kataplaneiō | kataplaneia | kataplaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kataplaveiō | kataplaveia | kataplaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kataplaleiō | kataplaleia | kataplaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kataplasōr | kataplasar | kataplasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kataplatōr | kataplatar | kataplatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kataplavōr | kataplavar | kataplavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kataplalōr | kataplalar | kataplalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kataplamoiō | kataplamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kataplasoiō | kataplasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kataplatoiō | kataplatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kataplanoiō | kataplanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kataplavoiō | kataplavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kataplaloiō | kataplaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kataplarō | kataplari | kataplara | kataplarē |
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 | kataplarōntos | kataplarintos | kataplarantos | kataplarēntos |
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
katapl 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kataplala“sailed”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 8:26Kai kataplala eis tan chōran toiu Gerasēnoiu, hotinas …Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes …