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Acts 27:42 Interlinear

“ And the soldiers counsel was to the prisoners kill lest any of them should swim out and escape”

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Acts 27 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	τῶν	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
2	δὲ	G1161	And	but, and, etc
3	στρατιωτῶν	G4757	the soldiers	a camper-out, i.e., a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
4	βουλὴ	G1012	counsel	volition, i.e., (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
5	ἐγένετο	G1096	was	to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
6	ἵνα	G2443	to	in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
7	τοὺς	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
8	δεσμώτας	G1202	the prisoners	(passively) a captive
9	ἀποκτείνωσιν	G615	kill	to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
10	μή	G3361	lest	(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
11	τις	G5100	any of them	some or any person or object
12	ἐκκολυμβήσας	G1579	should swim out	to escape by swimming
13	διαφύγοι	G1309	and escape	to flee through, i.e., escape

Acts 27:42 (current) And the soldiers counsel was to the prisoners kill lest any of them should swim out and escape