Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
hypopleō
Simplified transliteration
hypopleo
Principal Parts
-, ὑπέπλευσα, -, -, -
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1a(7)
Gloss
to sail to the lee of, to move to the side that offers protection or shelter
Definition
to sail under; to sail under, the lee, or, to the south of, an island, etc., Acts 27:4, 7*
Greek-English Concordance for ὑποπλέω
| Acts 27:4 |
And putting out to sea from there, we sailed (hypepleusamen | ὑπεπλεύσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us. |
| Acts 27:7 |
We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed (hypepleusamen | ὑπεπλεύσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) under the lee of Crete off Salmone. |