Word study · Greek

nauagéō

to be shipwrecked

Say it: now-ag-EH-oh (approximate)

ναυαγέω

What it means

To suffer shipwreck (naus "ship" plus agnymi "to break"). Paul says he was shipwrecked three times (11:25), before the voyage described in Acts 27.

Range of meaning

  • Be shipwreckedLose a ship.
  • LoseCome to ruin.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 11

    "Three times I suffered shipwreck" (11:25).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3489 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources