ΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΝ, κολυμβαν
KOLYMBAN, kolymban
Sounds Like: koh-lym-BAN
Translations: to swim
From the root: ΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means 'to swim' and refers to the action of moving through water using one's body. It is used to describe the ability or act of swimming.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2869 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 27:43
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:43
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΩ — to swim through, to swim across, to get through by swimming
- ΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΩ — swim, to swim, dive, to dive
- ΚΟΛΥΜΒΩΝΤΑ — swimming, a swimming one, one who swims
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