Pelagos denotes the body of water crossed by sailing or invoked as the place of drowning.

The two occurrences depict a body of water: one crossed on a voyage and one named as the place where a person might be drowned.

1. Body of water in travel and drowning · dominant

   In Acts 27:5, the accusative singular form occurs in the sailing clause; the APB renders the journey as sailing “across the sea” off Cilicia and Pamphylia. In Matthew 18:6, the dative singular form occurs with being drowned; the APB renders the outcome as being drowned “in the sea.”

   Acts 27:5Matthew 18:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents both clauses with “sea”: travel “across the sea” in Acts 27:5 and drowning “in the sea” in Matthew 18:6. These renderings confirm the clauses' setting rather than establish a finer distinction.