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Acts 27:40

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγκύραςankurasanchorsἄγκυρα (ankura)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “anchors”, the object formG45an anchor.the anchorsπεριελόντεςperielontesto take awayπεριαιρέω (periaireō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take away”, a single actionG4014(a) I strip off, strip from, take away, (b) I cast off, cut adrift, cast loose.εἴωνeiōnthey committedἐάω (eaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they committed”, an ongoing action in the pastG1439I allow, permit, let alone, leave.they committedεἰςeisthemselves untoεἰςpreposition — “themselves unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.themselves untoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaἅμαhamaandἅμαadverb — “and”G260at the same time, therewith, along with, together with.andἀνέντεςanentesloosedἀνίημι (aniēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “loosed”, a single actionG447I send up, produce, send back; I let go; I relax, loosen, hence met: I give up, desist from.loosedτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ζευκτηρίαςzeuktēriasbandsζευκτηρία (zeuktēria)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “bands”, the object formG2202a band, fastening.bandsτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πηδαλίωνpēdaliōnrudderπηδάλιον (pēdalion)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “rudder”, the of-formG4079the rudder of a ship.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπάραντεςeparanteshoised upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “hoised up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.hoised upτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρτέμωναartemōnamainsailἀρτέμων (artemōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “mainsail”, the object formG736a foresail, set on the bow.the mainsailτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πνεούσῃpneousēto the windπνέω (pneō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, feminine — “to the wind”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4154I blow, breathe, as the wind.to the windκατεῖχονkateichonand madeκατέχω (katechō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and made”, an ongoing action in the pastG2722(a) I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.and madeεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.towardτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰγιαλόνaigialonshoreαἰγιαλός (aigialos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “shore”, the object formG123sea-coast, (sandy) beach; shore (of sea or lake), land.shore

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the anchors having taken up, they were committing [it] to the sea, at the same time — having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind — they were making for the shore,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

Darby Translation

and, having cast off the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the strand.

Douay-Rheims

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands; and hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.

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