Definition

to be shipwrecked (stranded, "navigate"), literally or figuratively

Etymology

from a compound of G3491 (ναῦς) and G71 (ἄγω);

Word family

• ναῦς naûs
• ἄγω ágō

How the KJV renders it

• make (suffer) shipwreck

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.