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Acts 27:13

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

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Ὑποπνεύσαντοςhupopneusantosblew softlyὑποπνέω (hupopneō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “blew softly”, a single actionG5285I blow gently.blew softlyδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.νότουnotousouthνότος (notos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “south”, the of-formG3558the south wind, the South.δόξαντεςdoxantessupposingδοκέω (dokeō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “supposing”, a single actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.supposingτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προθέσεωςprotheseōstheir purposeπρόθεσις (prothesis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “their purpose”, the of-formG4286a setting forth, the show-bread; predetermination, purpose.their purposeκεκρατηκέναιkekratēkenaito graspκρατέω (krateō)verb, perfect active infinitive — “to grasp”, a completed action with a present resultG2902I am strong, mighty, hence: I rule, am master, prevail; I obtain, take hold of; I hold, hold fast.ἄραντεςarantesloosingαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “loosing”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.loosingἆσσονassonclose byἆσσονadverb — “close by”G788nearer, close by.This verse uses “close by”.close byπαρελέγοντοparelegontoto sail pastπαραλέγομαι (paralegomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to sail past”, an ongoing action in the pastG3881I coast along, sail along.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΚρήτηνkrētēnCreteΚρήτη (krētē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Crete”, the object formG2914Crete.Crete

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

World English Bible

When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

Darby Translation

And [the] south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete.

Douay-Rheims

And the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose, when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete.

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