πλοιᾰρ-ιον G4142
Small boat, skiff; a diminutive vessel, smaller than a full-sized ship, used near shore on the Sea of Galilee.
A diminutive of πλοῖον (boat/ship), denoting a small boat or skiff — the kind used for short trips on the Sea of Galilee. In Mark 3:9, Jesus asks that a small boat be kept ready so the pressing crowd would not crush him. In John 6:22-24, the crowd notices that there was only one small boat on the shore after the feeding miracle, and other boats from Tiberias arrived the next day. John 21:8 places the disciples in the small boat dragging their net full of fish to shore. The Spanish diminutive 'barquita' charmingly mirrors the Greek diminutive suffix -αριον.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A small boat or skiff — the diminutive form of πλοῖον (ship/boat), indicating a vessel of modest size suitable for nearshore activity on a lake. The diminutive suffix -αριον conveys smallness, distinguishing it from the larger πλοῖον used for open-water travel. In Mark 3:9, Jesus requests one be kept ready as a floating retreat from pressing crowds. The cluster in John 6:22-24 uses the small boat as a narrative detail to heighten the mystery of Jesus' sea-crossing: the crowd saw no πλοιάριον he could have taken. In John 21:8, the disciples drag their miraculous catch to shore in the small boat, being only about a hundred yards out. The Spanish 'barquita' (little boat) beautifully mirrors the Greek diminutive, while French 'barque' and German 'Boote' render it more neutrally. 5×
AR["القارِبِ", "سَفِينَةٌ", "سُفُنٌ", "سُفُنِ", "قارِبٌ"]·ben["ছোট-নৌকায়", "নৌকা", "নৌকায়"]·DE["Boote"]·EN["little-boat", "small-boat", "small-boats"]·FR["barque"]·heb["סִירָה", "סִירָה-קְטַנָּה", "סִירוֹת"]·HI["छोटी-नाव-में", "नाव", "नावें", "नावों,"]·ID["perahu-kecil", "perahu-perahu"]·IT["barchetta"]·jav["baita", "baita,", "prahu-alit", "prau-cilik"]·KO["작은-배", "작은-배-로", "작은-배가", "작은-배들에", "작은-배들이"]·PT["barquinho"]·RU["лодочка", "лодочке", "лодочки"]·ES["barquita", "barquitas"]·SW["mashua", "mashua-ndogo"]·TR["kayık", "kayıkla", "kayıklar", "kayıkların"]·urd["آئے", "چھوٹی-کشتی", "کشتی", "کشتیاں"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πλοιᾰρ-ιον, τό, diminutive of πλοῖον, skiff, boat, NT+5th c.BC+ __II a kind of woman's shoe, Refs 2nd c.AD+