Acts 27:17
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
English grammatical function word ('undergirding'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiv...
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
σύρτις
sýrtis
a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa
נָדַח
nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('undergirding'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they a...
Study GRAM →σύρτις sýrtis
a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa
Study G4950 →זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Study H2220 →נָדַח nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Study H5080 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →Cross References
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
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