Acts 27:29
Strong's 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.

μή ()
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

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.

που (pou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 4225: Genitive case of an indefinite pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place, somewhere, i.e. Nearly.

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.

τόπους (topous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5117: Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard.

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.

γενέσθαι (genesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then, fearing we might run aground in some rocky place, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.

New American Standard Bible
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.

King James Bible
Then fearing lest we should have fallen {5625;1601:5632} upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

New Living Translation
At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.

English Standard Version
And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

New American Standard Bible
Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then, fearing we might run aground in some rocky place, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come.

International Standard Version
Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

NET Bible
Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
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.

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
















Cross References
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.

Acts 27:26
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 27:27
But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

Acts 27:30
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 27:32
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Jump to Previous
Aground Anchors Ashore Cast Casting Dashed Daylight Dropped Fall Fallen Fear Fearing Four Ground Haply Hooks Places Possibly Prayed Prayers Rocks Rocky Run Running Ship Somewhere Stern Threw Waited Wished Wishing
Jump to Next
Aground Anchors Ashore Cast Casting Dashed Daylight Dropped Fall Fallen Fear Fearing Four Ground Haply Hooks Places Possibly Prayed Prayers Rocks Rocky Run Running Ship Somewhere Stern Threw Waited Wished Wishing
Links
Acts 27:29 NIV
Acts 27:29 NLT
Acts 27:29 ESV
Acts 27:29 NASB
Acts 27:29 KJV

Acts 27:29 Bible Apps
Acts 27:29 Parallel
Acts 27:29 Biblia Paralela
Acts 27:29 Chinese Bible
Acts 27:29 French Bible
Acts 27:29 German Bible

Acts 27:29 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Acts 27:28
Top of Page
Top of Page