Swim
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.
(2): ( v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
(3): ( v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.
(4): ( v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
(5): ( v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.
(6): ( v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
(7): ( v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.
(8): ( n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
(9): ( n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
(10): ( n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
(11): ( v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
(12): ( v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
King James Dictionary [2]
SWIM,
1. To float to be supported on water or other fluid not to sink. Most species of wood will swim in water. Any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. 2. To move progressively in water by means of the motion of the hands and feet, or of fins. In Paris, boys are taught to swim by instructors appointed for that purpose. Isaiah 25
Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point.
3. To float to be borne along by a current. In all states there are men who will swim with the tide of popular opinion. 4. To glide along with a smooth motion, or with a waving motion.
She with pretty and with swimming gait.
A hov'ring mist came swimming o'er his sight.
5. To be dizzy or vertiginous to have a waving motion of the head or a sensation of that kind, or a reeling of the body. The head swims when we walk on high. 6. To be floated to be overflowed or drenched as,the earth swims in rain.
Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim.
All the night I make my bed to swim I water my couch with my tears. Psalms 6
7. To overflow to abound to have abundance.
They now swim in joy.
SWIM, To pass or move on as, to swim a stream. Deer are known to swim rivers and sounds.
Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
1. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may swim as, to swim wheat for seed.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"to dive, plunge, into the sea," hence, "to swim," occurs in Acts 27:43 . Cp. kolumbethra, "a pool."
"to swim out of" (ek), occurs in Acts 27:42 .
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Psalm 6:6 (b) By this figure we understand the great weeping and the deep sorrow of David. His tears flowed profusely while he lay upon his bed.
Ezekiel 47:5 (b) No doubt the flowing river represents the Holy Spirit. It issues from the door, which represents Christ We see in this picture the story of the Spirit-filled life in which the whole person, spirit, soul and body is abandoned to the blessed Person of the Spirit, and to His prevailing power. First, the Spirit affects the feet, which is the walk; then the knees, which is devotion; then the hips, which is service and work; and finally, the whole person is enveloped by the wonderful Holy Spirit in entire consecration.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [5]
The orientals swam anciently in the manner their descendants swim, hand over hand. So the Assyrian sculptures represent swimmers. This illustrates Isaiah 25:11, "He shall spread forth His hands in the midst of them (the foes), as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth ... to swim" (compare Zechariah 5:3) the swimmer beating down with his hands, i.e. bringing down each hand forcibly.
