Aboard

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Ἐπιβαίνω (Strong'S #1910 — Verb — epibaino — ep-ee-bah'ee-no )

"to go upon" (epi, "upon," baino, "to go"), is once translated "we went aboard,"  Acts 21:2 , the single verb being short for "going aboard ship." In  Acts 21:6 it is rendered "we went on board;" in   Acts 27:2 "embarking;" in   Matthew 21:5 , "riding upon." See Come , No. 16.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard.

(2): (prep.) On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.

(3): (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

(4): (prep.) Across; athwart.

King James Dictionary [3]

ABOARD, adv. a and board. See Board. Within a ship, vessel, or boat.

To go aboard, to enter a ship, to embark.

To fall aboard, to strike a ship's side.

Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the main-sail down to the chess-tree.

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