Word study
Ashore
4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “ashore”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “ashore” or one of its forms.
Compare the Greek words side by side
Greek words (New Testament)
- γῆ gēthe earth, soil, landtranslated this way 3 times of its 238 uses · Strong’s G1093Noun · Translated: earth 156, land 37, ground 19, soil 13Full study and all 217 verses →
Luke 5:11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
John 21:11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- ἐξέρχομαι exérchomaiI go out, come outtranslated this way 2 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s G1831Verb · Translated: went 56, came 26, left 23, come 23Full study and all 209 verses →
Matthew 14:14 When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Mark 6:34 When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
- αἰγιαλός aigialóssea-coast, beachtranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s G123Noun · Translated: shore 2, beach 2, ashore 1, sandy beach 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
- διασώζω diasṓzōI save, bring safely totranslated this way 1 time of its 8 uses · Strong’s G1295Verb · Translated: saved 2Full study and all 8 verses →
Acts 28:1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Short definition: Dodson Greek Lexicon (2010, public domain). Full entry: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain). Strong’s Greek Dictionary (1890) in the edition by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.