ships

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ships - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Ships
  early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13).
  Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and
  Balaam speaks of the "ships of Chittim" (Num. 24:24). Solomon
  constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram's
  sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chr. 8:18). Afterwards, Jehoshaphat
  sought to provide himself with a navy at the same port, but his
  ships appear to have been wrecked before they set sail (1 Kings
  22:48, 49; 2 Chr. 20:35-37).
  
    In our Lord's time fishermen's boats on the Sea of Galilee
  were called "ships." Much may be learned regarding the
  construction of ancient merchant ships and navigation from the
  record in Acts 27, 28.