4144. ploos or plous
Strong's Lexicon
ploos or plous: Voyage, Sailing

Original Word: πλοῦς
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: ploos or plous
Pronunciation: plooce
Phonetic Spelling: (plo'-os)
Definition: Voyage, Sailing
Meaning: a voyage, sailing.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb πλέω (pleō), meaning "to sail."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "ploos," the concept of sea travel can be related to Hebrew terms like יָם (yam, Strong's H3220) meaning "sea," which is often used in the context of maritime activities.

Usage: The term "ploos" refers to a journey or voyage by sea. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe the act of traveling by ship, often in the context of missionary journeys or significant travels of biblical figures.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Mediterranean world, sea travel was a common means of transportation for trade, military, and personal travel. The sea was both a vital resource and a source of danger due to unpredictable weather and the threat of shipwrecks. The Apostle Paul, among others, frequently traveled by sea during his missionary journeys, reflecting the importance of maritime travel in spreading the Gospel.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from pleó
Definition
a voyage
NASB Translation
voyage (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4144: πλοος

πλοος πλοῦς, genitive πλόου πλοῦ, and in later writings πλοός (Acts 27:9; Arrian peripl. erythr., p. 176 § 61; see νοῦς (and cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 173f)) (πλέω), from Homer, Odyssey 3, 169 down; voyage: Acts 21:7; Acts 27:9, 10 (Wis. 14:1).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
course, sailing, voyage.

From pleo; a sail, i.e. Navigation -- course, sailing, voyage.

see GREEK pleo

Forms and Transliterations
πλοος πλοός πλοὸς πλουν πλοῦν ploos ploòs ploun ploûn
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 21:7 N-AMS
GRK: δὲ τὸν πλοῦν διανύσαντες ἀπὸ
NAS: When we had finished the voyage from Tyre,
KJV: had finished [our] course from
INT: moreover the voyage having completed from

Acts 27:9 N-GMS
GRK: ἐπισφαλοῦς τοῦ πλοὸς διὰ τὸ
NAS: had passed and the voyage was now
KJV: was spent, and when sailing was now
INT: dangerous the voyage because

Acts 27:10 N-AMS
GRK: ἔσεσθαι τὸν πλοῦν
NAS: I perceive that the voyage will certainly
KJV: that this voyage will be
INT: to be the voyage

Strong's Greek 4144
3 Occurrences


πλοὸς — 1 Occ.
πλοῦν — 2 Occ.

















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