Acts 27:29
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Then fearing lest we should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and wished for the day.

fallen.

Acts 27:17,41 Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard and so were driven. . . .

anchors.

Acts 27:30,40 But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship, . . .

Hebrews 6:19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil:

and wished.

Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning thou shalt say: Who will grant me evening? and at evening: Who will grant me morning? for the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes.

Psalm 130:6 From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Context
The Shipwreck
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. 30But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship, having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship,…
Cross References
Acts 27:17
Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail yard and so were driven.

Acts 27:26
And we must come unto a certain island.

Acts 27:28
Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:40
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.

Lexicon
Fearing that
φοβούμενοί (phoboumenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5399: From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.

we would run aground
ἐκπέσωμεν (ekpesōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1601: From ek and pipto; to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient.

on
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] rocks,
τραχεῖς (tracheis)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5138: Rough, rugged, uneven. Perhaps strengthened from the base of rhegnumi; uneven, rocky.

they dropped
ῥίψαντες (rhipsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4496: A primary verb; to fling (see in ekteino), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit; by extension, to disperse.

four
τέσσαρας (tessaras)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four.

anchors
ἀγκύρας (ankyras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 45: An anchor. From the same as agkale; an 'anchor'.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[the] stern
πρύμνης (prymnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4403: The stern of a ship. Feminine of prumnus; the stern of a ship.

[and] prayed for
ηὔχοντο (ēuchonto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2172: To pray, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to wish; by implication, to pray to God.

daybreak.
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.


Additional Translations
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

And fearing lest we might fall somewhere on rocky places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were praying for day to come.

Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

and fearing lest we should be cast on rocky places, casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished that day were come.

And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.

Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Then for fear of possibly running on rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern and waited impatiently for daylight.

Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.
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