Greek Interlinear
Acts 27:17 Interlinear
“Which when they had taken up helps they used undergirding the ship fearing and lest into the quicksands they should fall strake sail and so were driven”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἣν | G3739 | Which | the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that |
| 2 | ἄραντες | G142 | when they had taken up | 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 |
| 3 | βοηθείαις | G996 | helps | aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel |
| 4 | ἐχρῶντο | G5530 | they used | 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 tow |
| 5 | ὑποζωννύντες | G5269 | undergirding | to gird under, i.e., frap (a vessel with cables across the keel, sides and deck) |
| 6 | τὸ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 7 | πλοῖον | G4143 | the ship | a sailer, i.e., vessel |
| 8 | φοβούμενοί | G5399 | fearing | to frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere |
| 9 | τε | G5037 | and | both or also (properly, as correlation of g2532) |
| 10 | μὴ | G3361 | lest | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether |
| 11 | εἰς | G1519 | into | to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases |
| 12 | τὴν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 13 | Σύρτιν | G4950 | the quicksands | a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e., the syrtis major or great bay on the north coast of africa |
| 14 | ἐκπέσωσιν | G1601 | they should fall | to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient |
| 15 | χαλάσαντες | G5465 | strake | to lower (as into a void) |
| 16 | τὸ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 17 | σκεῦος | G4632 | sail | a vessel, implement, equipment or apparatus (literally or figuratively (specially, a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband)) |
| 18 | οὕτως | G3779 | and so | in this way (referring to what precedes or follows) |
| 19 | ἐφέροντο | G5342 | were driven | to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows) |
Verse Context
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Acts 27:17 (current)Which when they had taken up helps they used undergirding the ship fearing and lest into the quicksands they should fall strake sail and so were driven
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