Bible Verse Dictionary
Acts 27:17 - Fearing
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Which | G3739 | ὅς |
the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that |
when they had taken up | G142 | αἴρω |
[Verb] to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice) keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin |
they used | G5530 | χράομαι |
[Verb] to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle |
helps | G996 | βοήθεια |
[Noun Feminine] aid; specifically a rope or chain for frapping a vessel |
undergirding | G5269 | ὑποζώννυμι |
[Verb] to gird under that is frap (a vessel with cables across the keel sides and deck) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
ship | G4143 | πλοῖον |
[Noun Neuter] a sailer that is vessel |
and | G5037 | τέ |
both or also (properly as a correlation of G2532) |
fearing | G5399 | φοβέω |
[Verb] to frighten that is (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy to be in awe of that is revere |
lest | G3361 | μή |
(adverbially) not (conjugationally) lest; also (as interrogitive implying a negative answer [whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one]); whether |
they should fall | G1601 | ἐκπίπτω |
[Verb] to drop away; specifically be driven out of one´ s course; figuratively to lose become inefficient |
into | G1519 | εἰς |
[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases. |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
quicksands | G4950 | σύρτις |
[Noun Feminine] a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves) that is the Syrtis Major or great bay on the North coast of Africa |
strake sail | G5465 | χαλάω |
[Verb] to lower (as into a void) |
and | G5037 | τέ |
both or also (properly as a correlation of G2532) |
so | G3779 | οὕτω |
[Adverb] in this way (referring to what precedes or follows) |
were driven | G5342 | φέρω |
[Verb] namely οἴω oiō̄̄ and ἐνέγκω enegkō̄ to |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.