This verb primarily means to throw or place beside, but in nautical contexts it describes arriving at or touching at a port. Acts uses it to narrate Paul's travel itinerary. The term evokes the action of bringing a ship alongside shore or another vessel. In Acts 20:15, it describes the maritime leg of Paul's journey, where his company sailed to various ports. The word captures the waypoint nature of ancient sea travel: a series of coastal stops rather than direct voyages.