What does ἀποπλέω (apopléō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποπλέω (apopléō): Departure by ship, emphasizing the beginning of a voyage away from a specific location.
Greek · G636
ἀποπλέω
To set sail
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ἀποπλέω G636
Pronunciation apopléō
What does ἀποπλέω (apopléō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποπλέω (apopléō): Departure by ship, emphasizing the beginning of a voyage away from a specific location.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G636?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sailed (1), Sailing on (1), they sailed (1), would sail (1).
Where does ἀποπλέω (apopléō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
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 sailed 1× Acts 13:4
Sailing on 1× Acts 20:15
they sailed 1× Acts 14:26
would sail 1× Acts 27:1
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 13:4 ἀπέπλευσαν to sailed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 14:26 ἀπέπλευσαν to they sailed Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 20:15 ἀποπλεύσαντες to Sailing on Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 27:1 ἀποπλεῖν to would sail Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 13:4
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Acts 4
Source forms
ἀπέπλευσαν 2x apepleusan Acts 13:4, Acts 14:26
ἀποπλεῖν 1x apoplein Acts 27:1
ἀποπλεύσαντες 1x apopleusantes Acts 20:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 2x Acts 13:4, Acts 14:26
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 20:15
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Acts 27:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Departure by ship, emphasizing the beginning of a voyage away from a specific location.
Strong's G636
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to set sail
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:4 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπέπλευσαν apepleusan
I sail away
Read verse Acts 14:26 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπέπλευσαν apepleusan
I sail away
Read verse Acts 20:15 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀποπλεύσαντες, apopleusantev
I sail away
Read verse Acts 27:1 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἀποπλεῖν apoplein
I sail away
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Active Acts 13:4 · Acts 14:26 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 20:15 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Acts 27:1 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 present 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1 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)
Word Origins
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