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Acts 27:15

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

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συναρπασθέντοςsunarpasthentoswas caughtσυναρπάζω (sunarpazō)verb, aorist passive participle, genitive, singular, neuter — “was caught”, a single actionG4884I seize, drag by force.was caughtδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πλοίουploiouboatπλοῖον (ploion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “boat”, the of-formG4143a ship, vessel, boat.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notδυναμένουdunamenoube ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, singular, neuter — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἀντοφθαλμεῖνantophthalmeinto bear up intoἀντοφθαλμέω (antophthalmeō)verb, present active infinitive — “to bear up into”, an ongoing or repeated actionG503I face (lit: "I present my eye to"), resist, withstand; as nautical term: I bear up against the wind.bear up intoτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνέμῳanemōwindἄνεμος (anemos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “wind”, the to- or for-formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.the windἐπιδόντεςepidonteswe let her driveἐπιδίδωμι (epididōmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “we let her drive”, a single actionG1929(a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind).we let her driveἐφερόμεθαepheromethato bearφέρω (pherō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 1st person plural — “to bear”, an ongoing action in the pastG5342I carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known.This verse uses “bear”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it , and were driven.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given [her] up, we were borne on,

World English Bible

When the ship was caught and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Darby Translation

And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven [before it].

Douay-Rheims

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up against the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven.

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