What does πλοιάριον (ploiárion) mean in the Bible?
πλοιάριον (ploiárion) is a Greek word meaning "a boat".
Greek · G4142
πλοιάριον
A boat
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πλοιάριον G4142
Pronunciation ploiárion
What does πλοιάριον (ploiárion) mean in the Bible?
πλοιάριον (ploiárion) is a Greek word meaning "a boat".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4142?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include boat (2), [some] boats (1), {have} a boat (1), boats (1).
Where does πλοιάριον (ploiárion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:9. Its strongest book concentrations include John (4), Mark (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 boat 2× John 6:22, John 21:8
[some] boats 1× John 6:23
{have} a boat 1× Mark 3:9
boats 1× John 6:24
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 3:9 πλοιάριον to {have} a boat Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular John 6:22 πλοιάριον to boat Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular John 6:23 πλοιάρια to [some] boats Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural John 6:24 πλοιάρια to boats Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural John 21:8 πλοιαρίῳ to boat Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:9
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Mark 1 John 4
Source forms
πλοιάρια 2x ploiaria John 6:23, John 6:24
πλοιάριον 2x ploiarion Mark 3:9, John 6:22
πλοιαρίῳ 1x ploiariō John 21:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Mark 3:9, John 6:22
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x John 6:24
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x John 21:8
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x John 6:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a boat
Strong's G4142
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a boat
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(dimin. of πλοῖον), a boat: Mrk.3:9, Luk.5:2 (πλοῖα, WH, txt., R), Jhn.6:22-23 (πλοῖα, WH) Jhn.6:24 21:8.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:9 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριον ploiarion
a little boat
Read verse Mark 4:36 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
πλοιάρια ploiaria
a little boat
Read verse John 6:22 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριον ploiarion
a little boat
Read verse John 6:22 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριον, ploiarion
a little boat
Read verse John 6:23 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
πλοιάρια ploiaria
a little boat
Read verse John 21:8 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
πλοιαρίῳ ploiariw
a little boat
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 3:9 · John 6:22 2×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 6:23 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter John 21:8 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 6:24 1×
Word Origins
πλοιάριον is built from this root:
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