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Acts 27:8

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

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μόλιςmolishardlyμόλιςadverb — “hardly”G3433with difficulty, hardly, scarcely.This verse uses “hardly”.hardlyτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.παραλεγόμενοιparalegomenoipassingπαραλέγομαι (paralegomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “passing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3881I coast along, sail along.passingαὐτὴνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itἤλθομενēlthomencameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoτόπονtoponplaceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.placeτινὰtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.καλούμενονkaloumenonwhich is calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “which is called”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.which is calledΚαλοὺςkalousfairΚαλός (kalos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “fair”, the object formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.The fairΛιμέναςlimenashavensΛιμήν (limēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “havens”, the object formG3040a harbor, port, haven.havensᾧhōwhereuntoὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “whereunto”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.whereuntoἐγγὺςengusnearἐγγύςpreposition — “near”G1451near.ἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasπόλιςpoliscityπόλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the cityΛασαίαlasaiaof LaseaΛασαίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “of Lasea”, the subject formG2996Lasea, a city in Crete, about the middle of the south coast.of Lasea

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.

Young’s Literal Translation

and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens,' nigh to which was the city [of] Lasaea.

World English Bible

With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Darby Translation

and coasting it with difficulty we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was [the] city of Lasaea.

Douay-Rheims

And with much ado sailing by it, we came into a certain place, which is called Good-havens, nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.

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