King James Version

Acts 27:18

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

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σφοδρῶςsphodrōsbeing exceedinglyσφοδρῶςadverb — “being exceedingly”G4971exceedingly, vehemently.being exceedinglyδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.χειμαζομένωνcheimazomenōntossed with a tempestχειμάζομαι (cheimazomai)verb, present passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “tossed with a tempest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5492I am storm-tossed.tossed with a tempestἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑξῆςhexēsnextἑξῆςadverb — “next”G1836next in order, the next day, the following day, at the period immediately following.the nextἐκβολὴνekbolēnday they lightened the shipἐκβολή (ekbolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day they lightened the ship”, the object formG1546a throwing out, a jettisoning of cargo to lighten a ship.day they lightened the shipἐποιοῦντοepoiountoto doποιέω (poieō)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “to do”, an ongoing action in the pastG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;

Young’s Literal Translation

And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,

World English Bible

As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

Darby Translation

But the storm being extremely violent on us, on the next day they threw cargo overboard,

Douay-Rheims

And we being mightily tossed with the tempest, the next day they lightened the ship.

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