What does "Ship" mean in the Bible?
Dean Howson says that more about the ancients' merchant-ships is to be learned from Luke than from all the writers in classic literature. Ship appears in 16 verses of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Ship?
SHIP. Dean Howson says that more about the ancients' merchant-ships is to be learned from Luke than from all the writers in classic literature. Some of these ships were very large, and probably the majority carried from 500 to 1000 tons. They were steered by two large paddles at the sides. Acts 27:40, carried usually but one mast with a huge sail, but were also propelled by oars, hence required rowers, were ornamented by images in the bow and stern and figures painted on the side of the bow, which made "the sign" - e.g., Castor and Pollux. Acts 28:11. They were furnished with under-girders, which passed round the frame at right angles to its length and "frapped" it when the planks were in danger of starting, anchors like ours, except that they had no flukes, sounding-lines; "could sail within seven points of the wind; seem to have had some mode of keeping the log; and it has been supposed that with a fair breeze they could make seven knots an hour." - Ayre. Nor need they hug the shore. The Hebrews were not sailors. We have no information in regard to the ships of their nautical neighbors. The reference to rudder-bands, Acts 27:40, is thus explained: the rudder-paddles already mentioned "were lashed up lest they should interfere with the ground-tackle. When they wished to steer again and the anchor-ropes were cut, they unfastened the lashings or bands of the paddles." Ancient ships were properly galleys.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Ship?
Greek · G4143
πλοῖον
ploion
boat
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Ship appear in the Bible?
Ship is referenced in 16 verses. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 20:13
- Acts 20:38
- Acts 21:2
- Acts 21:6
- Acts 27:6
- Acts 27:10
- Acts 27:15
- Acts 27:17
- Acts 27:19
- Acts 27:22
- Acts 27:30
- Acts 27:31
- Acts 27:38
- Acts 27:39
- Acts 27:44
- Acts 28:11
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Ship.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Ship?
Ship appears in 16 verses, all of them in Acts.
Which books of the Bible mention Ship?
Just one: Acts.
Where can I read every verse about Ship?
This page lists 16 of them. Protos carries all 16, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
