Quicksands

Acts 27:17, probably the dangerous sandbanks and whirlpools in two gulfs on the African coast south of Malta; they were called the Greater and the Lesser Syritis, and were much dreaded by ancient mariners. The course of the wind by which Paul and his companions were driven, threatened to cast them into the Lesser Syrtis.

Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis. On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. It lies between Tripoli and Barca, and near Cyrene. The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west. QUICKSANDS

kwik'-sandz.

See SYRTIS.

4950. Surtis -- "shoal," Syrtis, the name of two large sandbanks ...
... quicksands, Syrtis. From suro; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves),
ie The Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa -- quicksands. ...
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Tempest and Trust
... Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing
lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.18 ...
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Preface
... Even if phrases or passages make for orthodoxy, to accept them if condemned by evidence
and history is to alight upon the quicksands of conjecture. ...
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"My Little Children, These Things Write I unto You, that Ye Sin ...
... the most perfect provision against both these extremities, that souls are ready
to run upon, the rock of desperate distrust, and the quicksands of presumptuous ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxiii my little children.htm

Paul's Shipwreck
... of the ship. As they were afraid that they might run ashore on the African
quicksands, they lowered the sail and drifted. But as ...
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September 27. "The Glorious Liberty of the Children of God" (Rom. ...
... by them? Are you above sickness and the evil forces around that would drag
down your physical life into the quicksands? These forces ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /september 27 the glorious liberty.htm

The Ride from Pembroke to Swansea
... had been swallowed up. The whole sands are at least ten miles over, with
many streams of quicksands intermixed. But our guide was ...
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Entering Thus Far into the Nature of the Sun
... Were all the earth filthy mires, or devouring quicksands, firm land would be an
unspeakable treasure. Were it all beaten gold it would be of no value. ...
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The Common Error which Makes it Difficult to Believe all the World ...
... The common error which makes it difficult to believe all the World to be wholly
ours, is to be shunned as a rock of shipwreck: or a dangerous quicksands. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/36 the common error which.htm

O Word of God Incarnate
... It is the chart and compass. That o'er life's surging sea,. 'Mid mists and rocks
and quicksands,. Still guides, O Christ, to thee. O make thy Church, dear Savior ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... My situation throughout has been a most peculiar one, rocks and quicksands have
surrounded me on every side, and frequently I have been compelled to give ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 65.htm

Quicksands (1 Occurrence)
... west. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. QUICKSANDS. kwik'-sandz. See SYRTIS.
Multi-Version Concordance Quicksands (1 Occurrence). Acts ...
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Quicksand (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship;
and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so ...
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Quick-tempered (3 Occurrences)
Quick-tempered. Quicksands, Quick-tempered. Quiet . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(See NAS). Quicksands, Quick-tempered. Quiet . Reference Bible.
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Kishon (6 Occurrences)
... "When the Kishon was at its height, it would be, partly on account of its quicksands,
as impassable as the ocean itself to a retreating army." (see DEBORAH.). ...
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Undergird (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship;
and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so ...
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Gear (3 Occurrences)
... after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and,
as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered ...
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Frapping (1 Occurrence)
... after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and,
as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered ...
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Frapping-cables (1 Occurrence)
... after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and,
as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered ...
/f/frapping-cables.htm - 6k

Strake (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship;
and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so ...
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Quicksands (1 Occurrence)

Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
(KJV WEY WBS)

Quicksands

Quicksand (1 Occurrence)

Quick-tempered (3 Occurrences)

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

Undergird (1 Occurrence)

Gear (3 Occurrences)

Frapping (1 Occurrence)

Frapping-cables (1 Occurrence)

Strake (1 Occurrence)

Syrtis

Sail (32 Occurrences)

Lest (282 Occurrences)

Helps (16 Occurrences)

Board (47 Occurrences)

Afraid (361 Occurrences)

Hoisting (2 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Fall (522 Occurrences)

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