G4126

πλέω

pleōG:V

to sail

πλέω [in LXX, before εἰς, Jon.1.3 (בּוֹא), I Est.4:23, Isa.42:10; before ἐπί, 4Ma.7:3; with accusative (poët.), Sir.43:24, 1Ma.13:29 (cf. Act.27:2, Rec.) * ;] to sail: Luk.8:23, Act.27:24; before εἰς, Act.21:3 27:2, 6; ἐπί, Rev.18:17 (cf. ἀπό-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-, ὑπο-πλέω).† (AS)

The KJV translates G4126 in the following manner:

sail (4x), sailed (4x), sailing (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πλέω — pléō

ΠΛΑΩ, see πίμπλημι.

STRONGS NT 4126: πλέωπλέω; imperfect 1 person plural ἐπλέομεν; (allied with πλύνω, Latinpluo, fluo, our float, flow, etc.; Curtius, § 369); from Homer down; to sail, navigate, travel by ship: Luk 8:23; Act 27:24; followed by εἰς with an accusative of place, Act 21:3; Act 27:6; ἐπί τόπον, Rev 18:17 G L T Tr WH; by a use common only to the poets (cf. Matthiae, § 409, 4{a}; Kühner, ii. § 409, 6; (Jelf, § 559; Winer's Grammar, 224 (210))), with a simple accusative indicating the direction: Act 27:2 (Euripides, Med. Act 27:7), where L T Tr WH add εἰς (Compare: ἀποπλέω, διαπλέω, ἐκπλέω, καταπλέω, παραπλέω, ὑποπλέω.)

6 occurrences

Luke (1), Acts (4), Revelation of John (1)