Boat, ship

Boats and ships were vessels used for transport on water. They varied in size from very small boats, large enough for only three or four people, to ocean-going ships capable of transporting many people and large amounts of cargo. Boats and ships were generally made of wood, although in Egypt, reeds were also used to construct at least parts of boats. These vessels were propelled in several ways: sails attached to a mast caught the wind and so moved the vessel; in smaller vessels (but also in some larger ones), oars were used to row; in places where the water was shallow, they could be moved by means of a pole pushing along the bed or bank of a river or stream.

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

Also in Transportation

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema