Acts 27:17

ἣν ἄραντες βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσιν χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος οὕτως ἐφέροντο
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἣν
G3739 R-ASF
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
ἄραντες
G142 V-AAP-NPM
airō
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare H5375) to expiate sin
  • to raise up, elevate, lift up
    • to raise from the ground, take up: stones
      • "to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand"to draw up: a fish
    to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear"to bear away what has been raised, carry off
    • to move from its place
      • "to take off or away what is attached to anything"to remove"to carry off, carry away with one"to appropriate what is taken"to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force"to take and apply to any use"to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence"cause to cease
βοηθείαις
G996 N-DPF
boētheia
aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel
  • help
ἐχρῶντο
G5530 V-INI-3P
chraomai
to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, ___%___graze___%___ (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e., (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner
  • to receive a loan
    • "borrow"to take for one's use, to use
    • to make use of a thing
ὑποζωννύντες
G5269 V-PAP-NPM
hypozōnnymi
to gird under, i.e., frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck)
  • to undergird
    • to bind a ship together laterally: i.e., with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πλοῖον
G4143 N-ASN
ploion
a sailer, i.e., vessel
  • a ship
φοβούμενοί
G5399 V-PNP-NPM
phobeō
to frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere
  • to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)
    • to put to flight, to flee
      • "to fear, be afraid
      • to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm
        • of those startled by strange sights or occurrences
          • "of those struck with amazement
        to fear, be afraid of one"to fear (i.e., hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)
      to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience
τε
G5037 CONJ
te
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532)
  • not only ... but also
    • "both ... and"as ... so
μὴ
G3361 PRT-N
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
εἰς
G1519 PREP
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Σύρτιν
G4950 N-ASF-L
syrtis
a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e., the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa
  • Syrtis, the name of two places in the African or Libyan Sea between Carthage and Cyrenaicia, full of shallows and sandbanks, and therefore destructive to ships; the western Syrtis, between the islands Cercina and Meninx (or the promontories of Zeitha and Brachodes), was called Syris minor, the eastern (extending from the promontories of Cephalae on the west to that of Boreum on the east) was called Syris major; this latter must be the one referred to in Acts 27:17, for upon this the ship in which Paul was sailing might easily be cast after leaving Crete
ἐκπέσωσιν
G1601 V-2AAS-3P
ekpiptō
to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient
  • to fall out of, to fall down from, to fall off
    • "metaphorically
    • to fall from a thing, to lose it
      • "to perish, to fall
      • to fall from a place from which one cannot keep
        • "fall from a position"to fall powerless, to fall to the ground, be without effect
        • of the divine promise of salvation
χαλάσαντες
G5465 V-AAP-NPM
chalaō
to lower (as into a void)
  • to loosen, slacken, relax
    • "to let down from a higher place to a lower
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
σκεῦος
G4632 N-ASN
skeuos
a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively (specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband))
  • a vessel
    • "an implement
    • in the plural
      • household utensils, domestic gear
        • "the tackle and armament of vessels, used specifically of sails and ropes
    metaphorically
    • a man of quality, a chosen instrument
      • "in a bad sense, an assistant in accomplishing an evil deed
οὕτως
G3779 ADV
houtō
in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
  • in this manner, thus, so
ἐφέροντο
G5342 V-IPI-3P
pherō
to ___%___bear___%___ or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
  • to carry
    • to carry some burden
      • to bear with one's self
      to move by bearing; move or, to be conveyed or borne, with the suggestion of force or speed
      • of persons borne in a ship over the sea
        • "of a gust of wind, to rush"of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted
      to bear up i.e., uphold (keep from falling)
      • of Christ, the preserver of the universe
    to bear, i.e., endure, to endure the rigour of a thing, to bear patiently one's conduct, or spare one (abstain from punishing or destroying)"to bring, bring to, bring forward
    • to move to, apply
      • "to bring in by announcing, to announce"to bear i.e., bring forth, produce; to bring forward in a speech"to lead, conduct

ἣν ἄραντες βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο ὑποζωννύντες τὸ πλοῖον φοβούμενοί τε μὴ εἰς τὴν Σύρτιν ἐκπέσωσιν χαλάσαντες τὸ σκεῦος οὕτως ἐφέροντο
17
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Cross References

Acts 27:29

φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωσιν ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι
29
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Acts 27:26

εἰς νῆσον δέ τινα δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἐκπεσεῖν
26
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 27:41

περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον ἐπώκειλαν τὴν ναῦν καὶ ἡ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων
41
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran aground; the ship and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
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