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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ἀποπλέωG636
Pronunciationapopléō
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 Itsailed1×Acts 13:4
Sailing on1×Acts 20:15
they sailed1×Acts 14:26
would sail1×Acts 27:1
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 13:4ἀπέπλευσανtosailedVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralActs 14:26ἀπέπλευσανtothey sailedVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralActs 20:15ἀποπλεύσαντεςtoSailing onVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 27:1ἀποπλεῖνtowould sailVerb - Present Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 13:4
Aligned rows4
Books represented1
Acts4
Source forms
ἀπέπλευσαν2xapepleusanActs 13:4, Acts 14:26
ἀποπλεῖν1xapopleinActs 27:1
ἀποπλεύσαντες1xapopleusantesActs 20:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural2xActs 13:4, Acts 14:26
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural1xActs 20:15
Verb - Present Infinitive Active1xActs 27:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Departure by ship, emphasizing the beginning of a voyage away from a specific location.
Strong'sG636
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to set sail
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 13:4Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπέπλευσανapepleusan
I sail away
Read verseActs 14:26Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπέπλευσανapepleusan
I sail away
Read verseActs 20:15Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀποπλεύσαντες,apopleusantev
I sail away
Read verseActs 27:1Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἀποπλεῖνapoplein
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 groups3Aligned forms4TensesAorist, PresentVoicesActive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality2×
Aorist ActiveActs 13:4 · Acts 14:262×
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Aorist ActiveActs 20:151×
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract1×
Present ActiveActs 27:11×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist3present1
Voice
active4
Mood
indicative2participle1infinitive1
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)