Strong's Greek Concordance

G1579: ἐκκολυμβάω

ekkolymbáō · “to swim out”

Definition

to escape by swimming

KJV translates it as: swim out

Word origin: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2860 (κολυμβάω);

Extended definition

to swim out of , with genitive, (Euripides) (ML)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G1579 is translated

  • having swum away ×1

Bible verses with G1579 (ekkolymbáō)

Ekkolymbáō appears in 1 verse.

  • Acts 27:42

    And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.