What does ἐκκολυμβάω (ekkolymbáō) mean in the Bible?
ἐκκολυμβάω (ekkolymbáō) is a Greek word meaning "to escape by swimming".
Greek · G1579
ἐκκολυμβάω
To escape by swimming
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ἐκκολυμβάω G1579
Pronunciation ekkolymbáō
What does ἐκκολυμβάω (ekkolymbáō) mean in the Bible?
ἐκκολυμβάω (ekkolymbáō) is a Greek word meaning "to escape by swimming".
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How does the BSB render G1579?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include could swim (1).
Where does ἐκκολυμβάω (ekkolymbáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It could swim 1× Acts 27:42
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First aligned row Acts 27:42
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
ἐκκολυμβήσας 1x ekkolymbēsas Acts 27:42
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 27:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to escape by swimming
Source Gloss
to escape by swimming
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to swim out of , with genitive, (Euripides) (ML)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:42 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐκκολυμβήσας ekkolumbhsav
I swim out
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐκκολυμβάω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain