Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms. Context The Shipwreck27But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country. 28Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms. 29Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.… Cross References Acts 27:27 But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some country. Acts 27:29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day. Lexicon They took soundingsβολίσαντες (bolisantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1001: To cast the line (for sounding), I sound. From bolis; to heave the lead. [and] found that [the water] εὗρον (heuron) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. [was] twenty εἴκοσι (eikosi) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 1501: Twenty. Of uncertain affinity; a score. fathoms [deep]. ὀργυιὰς (orguias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3712: A fathom, about five or six feet. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom. Going διαστήσαντες (diastēsantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1339: To put apart, separate, put some distance between. From dia and histemi; to stand apart, i.e. to remove, intervene. a little farther, βραχὺ (brachy) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 1024: Short, little, few. Of uncertain affinity; short. they took another set of soundings βολίσαντες (bolisantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1001: To cast the line (for sounding), I sound. From bolis; to heave the lead. that read εὗρον (heuron) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. fifteen δεκαπέντε (dekapente) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 1178: Fifteen. From deka and pente; ten and five, i.e. Fifteen. fathoms. ὀργυιὰς (orguias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3712: A fathom, about five or six feet. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom. Additional Translations They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms. And having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms. Then having gone a little farther and having taken soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms. And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms; and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms. They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms. and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms, Jump to Previous Deep Farther Feet Fifteen Found Further Hundred Little Ninety Sea Short Sounded Sounding Space Time Twenty WaterJump to Next Deep Farther Feet Fifteen Found Further Hundred Little Ninety Sea Short Sounded Sounding Space Time Twenty WaterLinks Acts 27:28 NIVActs 27:28 NLT Acts 27:28 ESV Acts 27:28 NASB Acts 27:28 KJV Acts 27:28 Bible Apps Acts 27:28 Biblia Paralela Acts 27:28 Chinese Bible Acts 27:28 French Bible Acts 27:28 German Bible Alphabetical: a again and another be deep farther fathoms feet fifteen found hundred it later little ninety on short sounding soundings that the They time to took twenty was water NT Apostles: Acts 27:28 They took soundings and found twenty fathoms (Acts of the Apostles Ac) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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