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Lexicon :: Strong's G4143 - ploion

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πλοῖον
Transliteration
ploion (Key)
Pronunciation
ploy'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

πλοῖον ploîon, ploy'-on; from G4126; a sailer, i.e. vessel:—ship(-ing).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's G4143 in the following manner: ship (66x), shipping (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's G4143 in the following manner: ship (66x), shipping (1x).
  1. a ship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλοῖον ploîon, ploy'-on; from G4126; a sailer, i.e. vessel:—ship(-ing).
STRONGS G4143:
πλοῖον, πλοίου, τό (πλέω), from Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for אנִיָּה, a ship: Matthew 4:21, 22; Mark 1:19; Luke 5:2 (R G L text Tr text WH text); John 6:17; Acts 20:13, and often in the historical books of the N. T.; James 3:4; Revelation 8:9; Revelation 18:19. (BB. DD., under the word Ship.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:21; 4:22
Mark
1:19
Luke
5:2
John
6:17
Acts
20:13
James
3:4
Revelation
8:9; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4143 matches the Greek πλοῖον (ploion),
which occurs 29 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13 - “Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan;
and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?
Asher sat still at the coast of the sea,
staying by his landings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Hiram sent to him by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea, and they went to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon and brought from there 450 talents[fn] of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:36 - He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.” And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:7 - Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:7 - By the east wind you shattered
the ships of Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 - against all the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand against Edom and Moab,
and the Ammonites shall obey them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Ah, land of whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of Cush,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!
From the land of Cyprus[fn]
it is revealed to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:10 - Cross over your land like the Nile,
O daughter of Tarshish;
there is no restraint anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:21 - But there the LORD in majesty will be for us
a place of broad rivers and streams,
where no galley with oars can go,
nor majestic ship can pass.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:14 - Thus says the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I send to Babylon
and bring them all down as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - For the coastlands shall hope for me,
the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the LORD your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because he has made you beautiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:9 - The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you,
caulking your seams;
all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you
to barter for your wares.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:29 - and down from their ships
come all who handle the oar.
The mariners and all the pilots of the sea
stand on the land
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:4 - But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
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