Pilots
Bible Usage:
- pilots used 4 times.
- First Reference: Ezekiel 27:8
- Last Reference: Ezekiel 27:29
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2259 Used 4 times
PI'LOT, noun
1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.
2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]
PI'LOT, verb transitive To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.
PI'LOTAGE, noun The compensation made or allowed to one who directs the course of a ship.
1. The pilot's skill or knowledge of coasts, rocks, bars and channels. [Not now used.]
PI'LOT-FISH, noun A fish, a species of Gasterosteus, called also rudder-fish, of an oblong shape; so named because it often accompanies ships.
PI'LOTING, participle present tense Steering; as a ship in dangerous navigation.
PI'LOTING, noun The act of steering a ship.
PI'LOTISM
PI'LOTRY, noun Pilotage; skill in piloting. [Not used.]
PI'LOUS, adjective [Latin pilosus. See Pilose.] Hairy; abounding with hair.
1. Consisting of hair.