King James Version

Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the waves” (τῶν κυμάτων.) after violence here.

περιπεσόντεςperipesontesfallingπεριπίπτω (peripiptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “falling”, a single actionG4045I fall into the midst of, am involved in, happen upon a place.fallingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.butεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τόπονtoponplaceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.διθάλασσονdithalassonsandbarδιθάλασσος (dithalassos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “sandbar”, the object formG1337between two seas, which has sea on both sides.ἐπέκειλανepekeilanto run agroundἐπικέλλω (epikellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to run aground”, a single actionG2027I force forward, run (a ship) aground.This verse uses “run aground”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ναῦνnaunshipναῦς (naus)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “ship”, the object formG3491a ship, vessel.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.πρῷραprōrabowπρῷραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “bow”, the subject formG4408the prow of a ship.ἐρείσασαereisasato immobiliseἐρείδω (ereidō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to immobilise”, a single actionG2043I stick fast, prop, fix firmly.ἔμεινενemeinento stayμένω (menō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to stay”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.ἀσάλευτοςasaleutosunshakableἀσάλευτοςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “unshakable”, the subject formG761unshaken, immovable.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πρύμναprumnahinder partπρύμναnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hinder part”, the subject formG4403the stern of a ship.the hinder partἐλύετοeluetowas brokenλύω (luō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was broken”, an ongoing action in the pastG3089(a) I loose, untie, release, (b) met: I break, destroy, set at naught, contravene; I break up a meeting, annul.was brokenὑπὸhupowithὑπόpreposition — “with”G5259by, under, about.withτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βίαςbiasviolenceβία (bia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “violence”, the of-formG970force, violence, strength.This verse uses “violence”.the violence

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυμάτωνkumatōnof the wavesκῦμα (kuma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the waves”, the of-formG2949a wave, surge, billow.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the fore-part, indeed, having stuck fast, did remain immoveable, but the hinder-part was broken by the violence of the waves.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves .

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

Darby Translation

And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.

Douay-Rheims

And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground; and the forepart indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the sea.

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