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Boat
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"a skiff or small boat," is a diminutive of ploion (No. 2), Mark 3:9; 4:36; John 6:22 (but No. 2 in the 2nd part of the verse), John 6:23 (here some texts have No. 2), John 6:24; 21:8 .
AV, "ship," is preferably translated "boat" (RV) in the Gospels, where it is of frequent use; it is found 18 times in Acts, where, as in James 3:4; Revelation 8:9; 18:19 , it signifies a ship. See SHIP.
is, lit., "anything dug or scooped out" (from skapto, "to dig"), "as a trough, a tub, and hence a light boat, or skiff, a boat belonging to a larger vessel," Acts 27:16,30,32 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Boat'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/boat.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Boat'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/boat.html. 1940.
