Acts 27:29

φοβούμενοί τε μήπως εἰς τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωσιν ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας ηὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
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
μήπως
G3381
mēpōs
lest somehow
  • lest, lest somehow, that perhaps
εἰς
G1519
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
τραχεῖς
G5138
trachys
uneven, rocky (reefy)
  • rough, rocky
    • of places of the sea
τόπους
G5117
topos
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e., location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
  • place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space
    • an inhabited place, as a city, village, district
      • "a place (passage) in a book
    metaphorically
    • the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly
      • "opportunity, power, occasion for acting
ἐκπέσωσιν
G1601
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
ἐκ
G1537
ek
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
  • out of, from, by, away from
πρύμνης
G4403
prymna
the stern of a ship
  • the stern or hinder part of the ship
ῥίψαντες
G4496
rhiptō
to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from G0906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from τείνω (see in G1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse
  • to cast, throw
    • "throw down"to cast forward or before"to set down (with the suggestion of haste and want of care)"to throw to the ground, prostrate
ἀγκύρας
G45
ankyra
an ___%___anchor___%___ (as crooked)
  • an anchor
    • "metaphorically any stay or safeguard
τέσσαρας
G5064
tessares
four
  • four
ηὔχοντο
G2172
euchomai
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
  • to pray to God
    • "to wish, to pray, to pray for
ἡμέραν
G2250
hēmera
day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
  • the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    • in the daytime
      • "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
    of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
γενέσθαι
G1096
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
    • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made

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.
Cross References

Acts 27:17

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.

Hebrews 6:19

ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος
19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

Psalms 130:6

נַפְשִׁי לַֽאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּֽקֶר׃
6
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Acts 27:30

τῶν δὲ ναυτῶν ζητούντων φυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ χαλασάντων τὴν σκάφην εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν προφάσει ὡς ἐκ πρώρας μελλόντων ἀγκύρας ἐκτείνειν
30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Deuteronomy 28:67

בַּבֹּקֶר תֹּאמַר מִֽי-יִתֵּן עֶרֶב וּבָעֶרֶב תֹּאמַר מִֽי-יִתֵּן בֹּקֶר מִפַּחַד לְבָֽבְךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּפְחָד וּמִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶֽה׃
67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Acts 27:26

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

Acts 27:40

καὶ τὰς ἀγκύρας περιελόντες εἴων εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἅμα ἀνέντες τὰς ζευκτηρίας τῶν πηδαλίων καὶ ἐπάραντες τὸν ἀρτέμονα τῇ πνεούσῃ κατεῖχον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν
40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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