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Acts 27:12

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from there” (ἐκεῖθεν,) before if here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and from there” (κἀκεῖθεν) before somehow here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀνευθέτουaneuthetounot commodiousἀνεύθετος (aneuthetos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “not commodious”, the of-formG428unfitted, unsuitable, inconvenient, not well placed.not commodiousδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λιμένοςlimenoswhich is an havenλιμήν (limēn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which is an haven”, the of-formG3040a harbor, port, haven.which is an havenὑπάρχοντοςhuparchontosto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.παραχειμασίανparacheimasianwinteringπαραχειμασία (paracheimasia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “wintering”, the object formG3915wintering, spending the winter.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πλείονεςpleionesmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).ἔθεντοethentoto placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to place”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.βουλὴνboulēnplanβουλή (boulē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “plan”, the object formG1012counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree.ἀναχθῆναιanachthēnaito leadἀνάγω (anagō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to lead”, a single actionG321I lead up, bring up, offer, produce, put to sea, set sail.ἐκεῖθενekeithenandἐκεῖθενadverb — “and”G1564thence, from that place.andεἴeiifεἰparticle — “if”G1487if.πωςpōshowπώςadverb — “how”G4458howδύναιντοdunaintobe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle optative, 3rd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.καταντήσαντεςkatantēsantesto come toκαταντάω (katantaō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to come to”, a single actionG2658(a) I come down, either from high land to lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to the coast; hence met: I arrive at, reach (my destination), (b) of property: I come down (descend) by inheritance to an heir.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ΦοίνικαphoinikaPheniceΦοῖνιξ (phoinix)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Phenice”, the object formG5405Phoenix, a bay on the south coast of Crete.παραχειμάσαιparacheimasaito winterπαραχειμάζω (paracheimazō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to winter”, a single actionG3914I pass the winter.λιμέναlimenaharborλιμήν (limēn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “harbor”, the object formG3040a harbor, port, haven.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΚρήτηςkrētēsCreteΚρήτη (krētē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Crete”, the of-formG2914Crete.βλέπονταblepontato seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.κατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.λίβαlibasouthwestλίψ (lips)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “southwest”, the object formG3047the south-west wind, and thus the quarter from which it comes.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.κατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.χῶρονchōronnorth westχῶρος (chōros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “north west”, the object formG5566the north-west wind, and the quarter of the sky from which it comes.north west

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κἀκεῖθενkakeithenthence alsoκαί (kai)adverb — “thence also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, [there] to winter, [which is] a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.

Darby Translation

And the harbour being ill adapted to winter in, the most counselled to set sail thence, if perhaps they might reach Phoenice to winter in, a port of Crete looking north-east and south-east.

Douay-Rheims

And whereas it was not a commodious haven to winter in, the greatest part gave counsel to sail thence, if by any means they might reach Phenice to winter there, which is a haven of Crete, looking towards the southwest and northwest.

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