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παραπλέω

parapleō

to sail past

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Strong’s G3896Verb1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

to sail by1

In the text

Acts 20:16παραπλεῦσαι
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

Abbott-Smith

παρα-πλέω
to sail by or past: with accusative, Act.20:16.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.