What does κολυμβάω (kolymbáō) mean in the Bible?
κολυμβάω (kolymbáō) is a Greek word meaning "to plunge into water".
Greek · G2860
κολυμβάω
To plunge into water
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κολυμβάω G2860
Pronunciation kolymbáō
What does κολυμβάω (kolymbáō) mean in the Bible?
κολυμβάω (kolymbáō) is a Greek word meaning "to plunge into water".
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How does the BSB render G2860?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include swim (1).
Where does κολυμβάω (kolymbáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:43. 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 swim 1× Acts 27:43
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First aligned row Acts 27:43
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
κολυμβᾶν 1x kolymban Acts 27:43
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 27:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to plunge into water
Source Gloss
to plunge into water
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 27:43 Verb Present Active Infinitive
κολυμβᾷν kolumban
I swim
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
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
infinitive 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)
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