noun · neuter
ploiem
Strong’sG4143
a ship, vessel
stem ploi-67 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books5 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ship or boat - a vessel that travels on water 1234. The word covers craft of various kinds and sizes, from small fishing boats to larger ships, and can refer to a merchant vessel as distinct from a warship 3. In the Greek Old Testament it is chiefly used to render a Hebrew word for a ship, and in the New Testament it appears often in the Gospels and Acts as well as elsewhere 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G4143 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidploy'-on
a sailer, i.e. vessel
Fromfrom G4126;
King Jamesship(-ing).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(πλέω) properly floating vessel: hence, generally, ship, Refs 5th c.BC+ small craft, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἁλιευτικόν a fishing-boat, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἱππαγωγὰ π. transports for horses, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. μακρά ships of war, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. στρογγύλα or φορτηγικά ships of burden, merchantmen, Refs 5th c.BC+ without adjective, mostly merchant-ship or transport, as opposed to ship of war, τοῖς π. καὶ ταῖς ναυσί Refs 5th c.BC+; πλεῖν μὴ μακρᾷ νηΐ, ἄλλῳ δὲ κωπήρει πλοίῳ Foed.Refs 5th c.BC+; πλοῖα alone, ={τριήρεις}, 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | ploiem4×πλοῖον | ploieim2×πλοῖα |
| of, belonging to genitive | ploieu12×πλοίου | ploieiu2×πλοίων |
| to, for dative | ploie14×πλοίῳ | ploiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ploie 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.
67 occurrences, every one of them listed
ploiem“boat”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Matthew 14:24tem de ploiem ēdē stadioin polloin apo tau gēau …but the boat was already far from land, buffeted …
Mark 6:47Kai opsēau generantau ate tem ploiem en mese tau thalassau, kai autos …When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the …
John 6:21… tem ploiem, kai eutheōs geneta tem ploiem epi tau gēau eis han hupagale.… the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were …
Acts 21:3… katerchana eis Turan, ekeise gar tem ploiem ate apofortizorōntem ton gomon.… and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
ploieu“boat”of, belonging togenitive singular12×
Matthew 14:29… legata; Erchasar. kai katabainarantos apo teu ploieu Petros peripatata epi teim hudeim kai …… Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came …
Mark 5:2kai exercharantou autou ek teu ploieu euthuos hupantata auto ek teiu mnēmeieiu …… as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man …
Mark 6:54kai exercharantoiu autoiu ek teu ploieu euthuos epignōskarantois auton… as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus
Luke 5:3… epanagara oligem, kathizarantos de ek teu ploieu didaskate toin ochloin.… He taught the people from the boat.
John 6:19… epi tau thalassau kai engus teu ploieu genorōnton, kai fobila.… miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea — and they …
John 21:6… Balavar eis teim dexeim mereim teu ploieu tem diktuem, kai heuriskavi. balala oun, …… on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So …
Acts 27:10… ouk monem teu fortieu kai teu ploieu alla kai taiu psuchaiu nu mellarō …… and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own …
Acts 27:15sunarpaziranteu de teu ploieu kai mē dunorōnteu antofthalmarō to anemo …… to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave …
Acts 27:19… ta trita autocheirois tan skevan teu ploieu riptala.… the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Acts 27:22… oudenas eti ek vu plēn teu ploieu;… of life, but only of the ship.
Acts 27:30… de nautoiu zētarōntoiu fugara ek teu ploieu kai chalarantoiu tan skafan eis tan …… sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the …
Acts 27:44… de epi tineiu teiu apo teu ploieu; kai houtōs geneta pantoin diasōzira epi …… planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought …
ploie“boat”to, fordative singular14×
Matthew 4:21… Iōannon ton adelfon autou, en te ploie meta Zebedaiou tou patrou autoiu katartizarōntoin …… brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their …
Matthew 14:13… de tos Iēsus anachōrata ekeithen en ploie eis erēmon topon kata idian; kai …… heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But …
Matthew 14:33tois de en te ploie proskunala auto legarōntois; Alēthōs theou huios …Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are …
Mark 1:19… adelfon autou, kai autoin en te ploie katartizarōntoin teim diktueim,… brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
Mark 1:20… ton patron autoiu Zebedaion en te ploie meta toiu misthōtoiu aperchala opisō autou.… left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed …
Mark 4:36… paralabalō auton hōs ate en te ploie, kai alloseim ploieim ate meta autou.… since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with …
Mark 5:21Kai diaperarantou tou Iēsu en te ploie palin eis tem peran sunagita ochlos …When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large …
Mark 6:32kai aperchala en te ploie eis erēmon topon kata idian.So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
Mark 8:14… ouk echale meta heautoiu en te ploie.… they had with them in the boat.
Luke 5:7… kataneuala toi metochoi en te hetere ploie teu ercharantoin sullabera autoi; kai erchala, …… to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and …
Acts 27:2epibainarantois de ploie Adramuttēne mellarōnte plarō eis toin kata …We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along …
Acts 27:31… Ean mē houtois menaleia en te ploie, vis sōzira ouk dunovō.… Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Acts 27:37“ship”… de tais pantais psuchais en te ploie diakosioi hebdomēkonta hex.In all, there were 276 of us on board.
Acts 28:11Meta de treis mēnoin anagina en ploie paracheimazarēnte en ta nēsa Alexandrine, parasēme …… we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island …
ploieim“boats”subject or objectdirect plural2×
Mark 4:36… ate en te ploie, kai alloseim ploieim ate meta autou.… the boat. And there were other boats with Him.
James 3:4idou kai teim ploieim, tēlikouteim arōnteim kai hupo anemoiu sklēroiu …Consider ships as well. Although they are so …
ploieiu“boats”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Luke 5:3“boats”embainarantos de eis henem teiu ploieiu, hem ate Simōnou, erōtata auton apo …Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And …
Revelation 8:9… echarōnteim psuchain, kai tem tritem teiu ploieiu diaftherila.… died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
ploiem29×
Matthew 4:22tois de eutheōs afiēkarantois tem ploiem kai ton patron autoiu akolouthala auto.and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
Matthew 8:23Kai embainaranto auto eis ploiem akolouthala auto tois mathētois autou.When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
Matthew 8:24… geneta en ta thalassa, hōste tem ploiem kaluptorō hupo teiu kumeiu, autos de …… on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves. But …
Matthew 9:1Kai embainarantos eis ploiem diaperata kai erchata eis tan idian …Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His …
Matthew 13:2… auton ochlois pollois, hōste auton eis ploiem embainaranton kathorō, kai pantos tos ochlos …… Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the …
Matthew 14:22… eutheōs anankazata toin mathētoin embainara eis ploiem kai proagarō auton eis tem peran, …… made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him …
Matthew 14:32kai anabainarantoiu autoiu eis tem ploiem kopazata tos anemos.… they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
Matthew 15:39… apoluarantos toin ochloin embainata eis tem ploiem, kai erchata eis teim horeim Magadan.… the crowds, He got into the boat and went to the region of …
Mark 4:1… auton ochlos pollotatos, hōste auton eis ploiem embainaranton kathorō en ta thalassa, kai …… Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all …
Mark 4:37… kai teim kumeim epibalate eis tem ploiem, hōste ēdē gemizorō tem ploiem.… the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
Mark 4:37“boat”… tem ploiem, hōste ēdē gemizorō tem ploiem.… breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
Mark 5:18kai embainarōntou autou eis tem ploiem parakalate auton tos daimonizirantos hina meta …As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed …
Mark 6:45… toin mathētoin autou embainara eis tem ploiem kai proagarō eis tem peran pros …… made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him …
Mark 6:51kai anabainata pros autoin eis tem ploiem, kai kopazata tos anemos. kai liōs …Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died …
Mark 8:10kai euthuos embainarantos eis tem ploiem meta toiu mathētoiu autou erchata eis …He immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to …
Luke 8:22… taiu hēmeraiu kai autos embainata eis ploiem kai tois mathētois autou, kai legata …… lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
Luke 8:37… mego sunechole; autos de embainarantos eis ploiem hupostrefata.… them. So He got into the boat and started back.
John 6:17kai embainarantois eis ploiem archole peran tau thalassau eis Kafarnaoum. …got into a boat, and started across the sea to …
John 6:21thelale oun labara auton eis tem ploiem, kai eutheōs geneta tem ploiem epi …… willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached …
John 6:22“boat”… mathētoi autou tos Iēsus eis tem ploiem alla monois tois mathētois autou aperchala;… and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
John 21:3… si. exerchala kai embainala eis tem ploiem, kai en ekeina ta nukta piazala …… went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
Acts 20:13Nis de proercharantois epi tem ploiem anagina epi tan Assan, ekeithen mellarōntois …We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we …
Acts 20:38… theōrarō. propempale de auton eis tem ploiem.… Then they accompanied him to the ship.
Acts 21:2kai heuriskarantois ploiem diaperarōntem eis Foinikan epibainarantois anagina.Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded …
Acts 21:6apaspazena allēloin, kai embainana eis tem ploiem, ekeinois de hupostrefala eis teim idieim.… our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
Acts 27:6kakei heuriskarantos tos hekatontarchēos ploiem Alexandrinem plarōntem eis tan Italian embibazata …There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us …
Acts 27:17han airarantois boētheiai chrole hupozōnarōntois tem ploiem; foborōntois tē mē eis tan Surtian …… crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run …
Acts 27:38korennuirantois de trofēau koufizale tem ploiem ekbalorōntois ton siton eis tan thalassan.… eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the …
Acts 27:39… hon bouleuole ei dunoloiō exōthara tem ploiem.… where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
ploieim4×
Luke 5:2kai horata duo ploieim stēarēnteim para tan limnan, tois de …He saw two boats at the edge of the lake …
Luke 5:7… kai erchala, kai pimplēala amfotereim teim ploieim hōste buthizorō auteim.… and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to …
Luke 5:11kai katagarantois teim ploieim epi tan gēan afiēkarantois panteim akolouthala …And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed …
Revelation 18:19… ha ploutala pantois tois echarōntois teim ploieim en ta thalassa ek tau timiotau …… great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by …