4142. ploiarion
Strong's Lexicon
ploiarion: Little boat, small boat

Original Word: πλοιάριον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: ploiarion
Pronunciation: ploy-AR-ee-on
Phonetic Spelling: (ploy-ar'-ee-on)
Definition: Little boat, small boat
Meaning: (a little boat, hence) a boat.

Word Origin: Diminutive form of πλοῖον (ploion), meaning "ship" or "boat."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "ploiarion," the concept of small boats can be related to Hebrew terms for vessels used in similar contexts, such as "סִפִּינָה" (sippinah) for ship or boat.

Usage: The term "ploiarion" refers to a small boat or vessel, often used for short trips or as a tender to a larger ship. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the smaller boats that were part of the daily life of fishermen and travelers on the Sea of Galilee.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the first-century Mediterranean world, boats were essential for transportation, fishing, and trade. The Sea of Galilee, a freshwater lake in Israel, was a hub of fishing activity, and small boats like the "ploiarion" were commonly used by fishermen. These boats were typically made of wood and were designed to be easily maneuverable, suitable for the relatively calm waters of the lake.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
dim. of ploion
Definition
a little boat
NASB Translation
boat (1), boats (1), little boat (1), small boat (1), small boats (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4142: πλοιάριον

πλοιάριον, πλοιαριου, τό (diminutive of πλοῖον, see γυναικάριον, at the end), a small vessel, a boat: Mark 3:9; Mark 4:36 Rec.; Luke 5:2 L marginal reading T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; John 6:(a), b Rec., (where L Tr marginal reading WH πλοῖα), L T Tr WH; . (Cf. B. D., under the word Ship (13).) (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Diodorus, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
boat, small ship.

Neuter of a presumed derivative of ploion; a boat -- boat, little (small) ship.

see GREEK ploion

Forms and Transliterations
πλοιαρια πλοιάρια πλοιαριον πλοιάριον πλοιαριω πλοιαρίω πλοιαρίῳ ploiaria ploiária ploiario ploiariō ploiaríoi ploiaríōi ploiarion ploiárion
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Englishman's Concordance
Mark 3:9 N-NNS
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ
NAS: His disciples that a boat should stand ready
KJV: that a small ship should wait on
INT: of him that a boat might wait upon him

John 6:22 N-NNS
GRK: εἶδον ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ
NAS: other small boat there,
KJV: none other boat there, save
INT: having seen that boat other no

John 6:23 N-NNP
GRK: ἀλλὰ ἦλθεν πλοιάρια ἐκ Τιβεριάδος
INT: but other came boats from Tiberias

John 6:24 N-ANP
GRK: εἰς τὰ πλοιάρια καὶ ἦλθον
NAS: got into the small boats, and came
INT: into the boats and came

John 21:8 N-DNS
GRK: μαθηταὶ τῷ πλοιαρίῳ ἦλθον οὐ
NAS: came in the little boat, for they were not far
KJV: came in a little ship; (for
INT: disciples in the boat came not

Strong's Greek 4142
5 Occurrences


πλοιάρια — 2 Occ.
πλοιαρίῳ — 1 Occ.
πλοιάριον — 2 Occ.

















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