Epokéllō — G2027

Definition

verb

to drive upon the shore, i.e. to beach a vessel

1. to drive upon, strike against

Usually translated as

run aground

Origin

from G1909 and okéllō (to urge)

• epí (G1909)

Occurrences

Epokéllō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1)

• Acts 27:41 — And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground (επωκειλαν); and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.