ἐκκολυμβάω G1579
To swim out, swim away from; to escape by swimming, particularly from a ship to shore
This compound verb means to swim out or swim away, particularly from a ship to shore. In Acts 27:42, soldiers planned to kill prisoners lest any 'swim away' and escape during the shipwreck. The verb combines the prefix 'out of' with 'swim,' creating a term for swimming away from something, typically a ship to shore. Classical usage confirms this for plunging into the sea from a ship or swimming ashore. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'habiendo nadado' = having swum, French 'nager' = swim) conveys the swimming action, though doesn't always preserve the directional prefix.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 27:42 describes soldiers wanting to kill prisoners to prevent any from 'swimming out (ἐκκολυμβήσας)' and escaping during the shipwreck. Spanish 'habiendo nadado' (having swum) preserves the action but not the directional sense as clearly as English 'having swum out/away.' Classical usage specified swimming from a ship to shore or plunging into the sea—the compound emphasizes swimming away from one place toward another. The aorist participle suggests completed escape action the soldiers feared. 1×
AR["لَمَّا-سَبَحَ"]·ben["সাঁতার-কাটিয়া"]·DE["ἐκκολυμβήσας"]·EN["having-swum-out"]·FR["nager"]·heb["יִשְׂחֶה"]·HI["तैरकर"]·ID["berenang"]·IT["nuotare-fuori"]·jav["nglangi"]·KO["헤엄쳐서"]·PT["tendo-nadado"]·RU["выплывший"]·ES["habiendo-nadado"]·SW["akiogelea"]·TR["yüzüp"]·urd["تیر-کر"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐκκολυμβάω, plunge into the sea from.., with genitive, ναός NT+5th c.BC+; swim ashore, εἰς τὴν γῆν Refs 1st c.BC+