Acts 27:40
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
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
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
πηδάλιον
pēdálion
from the same as G3976 (πέδη)); a "pedal", i.e. helm
מוֹסֵר
môwçêr
properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
English grammatical function word ('hoised'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent ...
ἀρτέμων
artémōn
properly, something ready (or else more remotely from G142 (αἴρω) (compare G740 (ἄρτος)); something hung up), i.e. (specially) the topsail (rather for...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('hoised'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are req...
Study GRAM →ἀρτέμων artémōn
properly, something ready (or else more remotely from G142 (αἴρω) (compare G740 (ἄρτος)); something hung up), i.e. (specially) the topsail (rather foresail or jib) of a vessel
Study G736 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →מוֹסֵר môwçêr
properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
Study H4147 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
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