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Acts 27:28 Go deeper

← Acts 27 · ← verse 27 · verse 29 →

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

καὶkaiAnd

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 1

βολίσαντεςbolisanteshaving taken soundings

Lemma: βολίζω (bolizō) · Strong's: G1001

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-AAP-NPM)

Meaning: to sound — βολίζω ; (βολίς, in sense of sounding-lead), ; to heave the lead, take soundings: Act.27:28.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1001; TFLSJ G1001; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 2

εὗρονheuronthey found

Lemma: εὑρίσκω (ehuriskō) · Strong's: G2147

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-2AAI-3P)

Meaning: to find/meet — εὑρίσκω, ; [in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ; ] ; to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 177 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 8:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2147; TFLSJ G2147; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 3

ὀργυιὰςorguiasfathoms

Lemma: ὀργυιά (orguia) · Strong's: G3712

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)

Meaning: a fathom — ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ; (ὀρέγω), ; the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act.27:28.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3712; TFLSJ G3712; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 4

εἴκοσι,eikositwenty,

Lemma: εἴκοσι (eikosi) · Strong's: G1501

Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)

Meaning: twenty — εἴκοσι (never -ιν in WH, cf. Bl., §5, 3, and note), indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά, ; twenty: Luk.14:31, Jhn.6:19, Act.1:15 27:28, 1Co.10:8, Rev.4:4, 10 5:8 11:16 19:4.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 12 times. Also: Luke 14:31, John 6:19, Acts 1:15, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1501; TFLSJ G1501; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 5

βραχὺbrachuA little

Lemma: βραχύς (brachus) · Strong's: G1024

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (A-ASN)

Meaning: little — βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ, ; [in LXX chiefly for מְעַט ; ] ; short; (a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Act.5:34; μετὰ β., Luk.22:58; β. τι, a short time, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, mg.; (b) of distance: Act.27:28; (with) of quantity or…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 7 times. Also: Luke 22:58, John 6:7, Acts 5:34, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 13:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1024; TFLSJ G1024; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 6

δὲdethen

Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 7

διαστήσαντεςdiastēsanteshaving gone farther

Lemma: διΐστημι (diistēmi) · Strong's: G1339

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-AAP-NPM)

Meaning: to pass — δι-ίσπημι; (Rec. διΐσ), [in LXX: Eze.5:1 (חָלַק pi.), Pro.17:9 (פָּרַד hi.), etc. ; ] ; to set apart, separate; of time (or space), to make an interval, intervene: διαστάσης ὥρας μιᾶς, Luk.22:59; βραχὺ διαστήσαντες,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 3 times. Also: Luke 22:59, Luke 24:51 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1339; TFLSJ G1339; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 8

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 9

πάλινpalinagain

Lemma: πάλιν (palin) · Strong's: G3825

Parsing: Adverb (ADV)

Meaning: again — πάλιν, adv., ; [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc. ; ] ; 1. of place, back, backwards (LS, see word). ; 2. Of time, again, once more: Mat.4:8, Mrk.2:13, Luk.23:20, Jhn.1:35 (and freq.), Act.17:32, Rom.11:23, Gal.1:9, Heb.1:6, al;…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 145 times. Also: Matthew 4:7, Matthew 4:8, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 13:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3825; TFLSJ G3825; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 10

βολίσαντεςbolisanteshaving taken soundings

Lemma: βολίζω (bolizō) · Strong's: G1001

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-AAP-NPM)

Meaning: to sound — βολίζω ; (βολίς, in sense of sounding-lead), ; to heave the lead, take soundings: Act.27:28.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1001; TFLSJ G1001; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 11

εὗρονheuronthey found

Lemma: εὑρίσκω (ehuriskō) · Strong's: G2147

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-2AAI-3P)

Meaning: to find/meet — εὑρίσκω, ; [in LXX chiefly for מצא, also for נשׂג hi., etc. ; ] ; to find, with or without previous search: absol., opposite to ζητέω, Mat.7:7, 8 Luk.11:9, 10; with accusative, Mat.2:8, Mrk.1:37, Act.13:22, 2Ti.1:17,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 177 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 8:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2147; TFLSJ G2147; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 12

ὀργυιὰςorguiasfathoms

Lemma: ὀργυιά (orguia) · Strong's: G3712

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)

Meaning: a fathom — ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ; (ὀρέγω), ; the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Act.27:28.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2 times. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3712; TFLSJ G3712; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 13

δεκαπέντε·dekapentefifteen;

Lemma: δεκαπέντε (dekapente) · Strong's: G1178

Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)

Meaning: fifteen — δεκα-πέντε ; [in LXX: Exo.27:15, 1Ma.10:40, al. ; ] ; late form of πεντεκαίδεκα, fifteen: Jhn.11:18, Act.27:5, WH, mg., ib. 28, Gal.1:18.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 3 times. Also: John 11:18, Galatians 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1178; TFLSJ G1178; TAGNT Acts 27:28 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They took soundings→βολίζω G1001 to sound
[and] found that [the water]→εὑρίσκω G2147 to find/meet
[was] twenty→εἴκοσι G1501 twenty
fathoms [deep]→ὀργυιά G3712 a fathom
Going→διΐστημι G1339 to pass
a little farther→βραχύς G1024 little
they took another set of soundings→βολίζω G1001 to sound
. . .→πάλιν G3825 again
that read→εὑρίσκω G2147 to find/meet
fifteen→δεκαπέντε G1178 fifteen
fathoms→ὀργυιά G3712 a fathom

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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