a sailing-vessel
| Root | πλοῖον (ploion) |
| Core Meanings | sailing vessel, ship, boat, seafaring craft |
| Semantic Range | boat, fishing boat, ship, transport vessel, small seafaring craft used on lakes or the sea |
| Conceptual Significance | In the Gospels and Acts, the sailing-vessel is central to scenes of calling, teaching, crossing waters, and miraculous acts, often serving as the setting for revelation and testing. It represents both ordinary livelihood (fishing) and the arena in which divine authority over creation is displayed. |
| Morphological Notes | Gr,N,,,,,ANS = noun, accusative case, neuter gender, singular number; functioning as a direct object in its clause. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun derives from πλέω ("to sail"), so "sailing-vessel" preserves the verbal root idea of movement by sailing rather than using a generic term detached from that connection. The accusative neuter singular form is reflected as a singular direct object ("a sailing-vessel"), matching the grammatical function indicated by ANS. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)