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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πλοιάριονG4142
Pronunciationploiárion
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 Itboat2×John 6:22, John 21:8
[some] boats1×John 6:23
{have} a boat1×Mark 3:9
boats1×John 6:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 3:9
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Mark1John4
Source forms
πλοιάρια2xploiariaJohn 6:23, John 6:24
πλοιάριον2xploiarionMark 3:9, John 6:22
πλοιαρίῳ1xploiariōJohn 21:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular2xMark 3:9, John 6:22
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1xJohn 6:24
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular1xJohn 21:8
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural1xJohn 6:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a boat
Strong'sG4142
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a boat
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 3:9Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριονploiarion
a little boat
Read verseMark 4:36Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
πλοιάριαploiaria
a little boat
Read verseJohn 6:22Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριονploiarion
a little boat
Read verseJohn 6:22Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
πλοιάριον,ploiarion
a little boat
Read verseJohn 6:23Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
πλοιάριαploiaria
a little boat
Read verseJohn 21:8Noun Dative Singular Neuter
πλοιαρίῳploiariw
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 patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterMark 3:9 · John 6:222×
Nominative · Plural · NeuterJohn 6:231×
Dative · Singular · NeuterJohn 21:81×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterJohn 6:241×
Word Origins
πλοιάριον is built from this root: