ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΟΝΤΑ, παραπλεοντα
PARAPLEONTA, parapleonta
Sounds Like: pa-ra-PLEH-on-ta
Translations: sailing past, sailing by, sailing along, sailing near
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'παραπλέω', meaning 'to sail past' or 'to sail by'. It describes an action of moving by ship alongside something or someone. It can be used to describe a ship or person that is in the process of sailing past a location or object.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3898 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΙΝ — to sail past, to sail by, to sail alongside
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΥΣΑΙ — to sail past, to sail by
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΩ — sail past, sail by, sail along, sail near
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΕΩΝ — sailing by, sailing past, sailing alongside, coasting along
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