What does ὑποπλέω (hypopléō) mean in the Bible?
ὑποπλέω (hypopléō) is a Greek word meaning "to sail under the lee of".
Greek · G5284
ὑποπλέω
To sail under the lee of
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ὑποπλέω G5284
Pronunciation hypopléō
What does ὑποπλέω (hypopléō) mean in the Bible?
ὑποπλέω (hypopléō) is a Greek word meaning "to sail under the lee of".
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How does the BSB render G5284?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include we sailed to the lee (2).
Where does ὑποπλέω (hypopléō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
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 we sailed to the lee 2× Acts 27:4, Acts 27:7
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Usage map
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First aligned row Acts 27:4
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
ὑπεπλεύσαμεν 2x hypepleusamen Acts 27:4, Acts 27:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 2x Acts 27:4, Acts 27:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to sail under the lee of
Source Gloss
to sail under the lee of
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to sail under, i.e. under the lee of: with accusative, Act.27:4, 7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:4 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ὑπεπλεύσαμεν upepleusamen
I sail under
Read verse Acts 27:7 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ὑπεπλεύσαμεν upepleusamen
I sail under
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 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
indicative 2
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