to/for/with/in the sailing-vessel
| Root | πλοῖον (ploion) |
| Core Meanings | sailing vessel, ship, boat, seafaring craft |
| Semantic Range | boat, ship, fishing vessel, transport craft, seagoing ship |
| Conceptual Significance | In the Gospels and Acts, the sailing-vessel is central to scenes of calling, teaching, storm, and deliverance, serving as a setting for revelation of authority over sea and wind and symbolizing both livelihood and the movement of the message across waters. |
| Morphological Notes | Gr,N,,,,,DNS = noun, dative case, neuter gender, singular number. The dative can express location ("in"), means ("with/by"), or indirect object ("to/for"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun πλοῖον derives from πλέω ("to sail"), denoting a vessel characterized by sailing. The form πλοίῳ is dative neuter singular, so the rendering reflects singular number and the range of dative functions (location, means, indirect object) with "to/for/with/in," while preserving the root idea of a vessel defined by sailing. |
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