πλοῖα

ploia

ships

from πλέω; a sailer, i.e. vessel:--ship(-ing).

G4143

James 3:4 · Word #4

Lexicon G4143

Lemmaπλοῖον
Transliterationploîon
Strong'sG4143
In-contextships
Literalships

Morphology N NOM N PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaπλοῖον
Strong'sG4143

SIBI-P1 G4143-01

sailing-vessels (neuter plural)

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NNP/ANP — noun, neuter, plural; either nominative plural (subject) or accusative plural (direct object). The surface form is identical in both cases.
Rendering RationaleThe noun πλοῖον derives from πλέω (“to sail”), so “sailing-vessels” preserves the verbal root sense of something characterized by sailing. The form πλοῖα is nominative or accusative neuter plural (NNP/ANP), which is reflected in the explicit plural rendering.

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Words from Root πλοῖον (sailing vessel, ship, boat, seafaring craft)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4143-02 ploio to/for/with/in the sailing-vessel
G4143-03 ploion a sailing-vessel
G4143-04 ploiou of the sailing-vessel

Word Usage (68 occurrences of G4143)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 4:21 πλοίῳ ploio
Matthew 4:22 πλοῖον ploion
Matthew 8:23 πλοῖον ploion