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Acts 27:20

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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μήτεmētewhen neitherμήτεconjunction — “when neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.when neitherδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡλίουhēliousunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “sun”, the of-formG2246the sun, sunlight.sunμήτεmētenorμήτεconjunction — “nor”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “nor”.norἄστρωνastrōnstarsἄστρον (astron)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “stars”, the of-formG798a star.starsἐπιφαινόντωνepiphainontōnappearedἐπιφαίνω (epiphainō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “appeared”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2014I appear (as of a light in the heavens or from the heavens), shine upon.appearedἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.πλείοναςpleionasmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, feminine — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.χειμῶνόςcheimōnostempestχειμών (cheimōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “tempest”, the of-formG5494a storm, tempest; winter, the rainy season.tempestτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ὀλίγουoligoulittleὀλίγος (oligos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “little”, the of-formG3641(a) especially in plur: few, (b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little.ἐπικειμένουepikeimenoulay onἐπίκειμαι (epikeimai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “lay on”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1945(a) dat: I am placed upon, am laid upon, lie upon, am imposed; I press upon, (b) absol: I press hard, am insistent, insist.lay onλοιπὸνloiponthenλοιπός (loipos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “then”, the object formG3063finally, from now on, henceforth, beyond that.thenπεριῃρεῖτοperiēreitotaken awayπεριαιρέω (periaireō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “taken away”, an ongoing action in the pastG4014(a) I strip off, strip from, take away, (b) I cast off, cut adrift, cast loose.taken awayἐλπὶςelpishopeἐλπίςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hope”, the subject formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.πᾶσαpasaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σῴζεσθαιsōzesthaito saveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to save”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us , all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

Young’s Literal Translation

and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

World English Bible

When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

Darby Translation

And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

Douay-Rheims

And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

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