856. "Undergirding"

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Acts 27:17

Acts 27:17¹⁷Which 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 27:17). Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship.

Every ship carried large cables, which were used in case of necessity for passing around the hull, thus “undergirding” it, and saving it from the strain which resulted from the working of the mast in a storm.

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Manners and Customs of the Bible

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• 841. Roman Citizens Not to Be Beaten

• 842. Debates in the Market Place

• 843. Epicureans Stoics

• 844. Trades Learned

• 845. Ephesian Letters

• 846. Shrines of Diana

• 847. The Temple of Diana

• 848. The Theater at Ephesus

• 849. The Asiarchae

• 850. Town Clerk - Diana of Ephesus

• 851. Vows - Nazarites

• 852. Position of Teacher and Scholar

• 853. Appeal - Roman - Councilors

• 854. The Hand Stretched Forth

• 855. The Skiff

• 856. "Undergirding"

• 857. Anchors, How Used

• 858. Double Rudders

• 859. Ships Named

• 860. Capital Punishment

• 861. Adoption

• 862. The Kiss

• 863. Set Forth Last

• 864. Temperance Chaplets

• 865. Boxing

• 866. The Herald

• 867. Glass

• 868. Mode of Reckoning Time

• 869. Enemies Under the Feet