Word

ἐλαύνω

elaúnō · G1643 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to drive along, to carry along

To cause an object to move by means of a strong force or vigorous action

Examples
Mark 6:48 Seeing them straining at the oars—for the wind was against them—at about the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.
Luke 8:29 For He had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into the desert.
John 6:19 Then, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

στάδιονarena 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 4 groups

εἰςto+ ἔρημοςwilderness, desert, deserted 1
ὑπόby, under+ δαιμόνιονdemon, evil spirit 1
ὑπόby, under+ λαῖλαψwindstorm 1
ὑπόby, under+ ἄνεμοςwind 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To drive along, to carry along15.161: Used in Mark 6:48 and its parallel John 6:19, of the disciples straining at the oars, rowing against a contrary wind on the sea, and in James 3:4, of great ships driven by strong winds yet guided by a very small rudder.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐλαύνωelaúnō · G1643ἀπελαύνω apelaúnō · G556 · to drive away, to force to leave · 1×συνελαύνω synelaúnō · G4900 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon perfect participle ἐληλακως; passive (present ἐλαύνομαι); imperfect ἠλαυνομην; to drive:…

perfect participle ἐληλακως; passive (present ἐλαύνομαι); imperfect ἠλαυνομην; to drive: of the wind driving ships or clouds, Jas 3:4; 2 Pet 2:17; of sailors propelling a vessel by oars, to row, Mk 6:48; to be carried in a ship, to sail, Jn 6:19 (often so in Greek writings from Homer down; often also with νῆα or ναῦν added); of demons driving to some place the men whom they possess, Lk 8:29. (Compare: ἀπελαύνω, συνελαύνω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Drive Along, Carry Along5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0