noun · masculine
plouos
Greekπλοῦς (plous)
Strong’sG4144
a voyage
stem plou-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πλόος, πλούς gen., -όου, -οῦ (and in late writers also πλοός, like νοός from νοῦς), ὁ
(< πλέω), [in LXX: Wi 14:1*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4144 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidplo'-os
a sail, i.e. navigation
Fromfrom G4126;
King Jamescourse, sailing, voyage.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | plouos | plouois |
| object accusative | plouon2×πλοῦν | plouoin |
| direct address vocative | plouor | plouoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | plouou1×πλοὸς | plouoiu |
| to, for dative | plouo | plouoi |
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
plouo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
plouon“voyage”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 21:7“voyage”Nis de ton plouon dianuaratois apo Turau katantana eis Ptolemaidan, kai aspazeratois toin adelfoin menana hēmeran henan para autoi.When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
Acts 27:10“voyage”legarōtos autoi; Anēroir, theōramō hoti meta hubriau kai pollau zēmiau ouk monem teu fortieu kai teu ploieu alla kai taiu psuchaiu nu mellarō eri ton plouon.“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
plouou“voyage”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:9“voyage”Hikanou de chronou diagineratou kai arōtou ēdē episfalou tou plouou dia tem kai tan nēsteian ēdē parercharē, parainate tos PaulosBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,