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Acts 27:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then
te (Greek #5037)
both or also (properly, as correlation of 2532)
KJV usage: also, and, both, even, then, whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.
Pronounce: teh
Origin: a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition
fearing
phobeo (Greek #5399)
to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere
KJV usage: be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.
Pronounce: fob-eh'-o
Origin: from 5401
lest
mepos (Greek #3381)
lest somehow
KJV usage: lest (by any means, by some means, haply, perhaps).
Pronounce: may'-pos
Origin: μή πως (may tis) from 3361 and 4458
we should have fallen
ekpipto (Greek #1601)
to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient
KJV usage: be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect.
Pronounce: ek-pip'-to
Origin: from 1537 and 4098
upon
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
rocks
trachus (Greek #5138)
uneven, rocky (reefy)
KJV usage: rock, rough.
Pronounce: trakh-oos'
Origin: perhaps strengthened from the base of 4486 (as if jagged by rents)
, they cast
topos (Greek #5117)
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas 5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
KJV usage: coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.
Pronounce: top'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
rhipto (Greek #4496)
to fling (properly, with a quick toss, thus differing from 906, which denotes a deliberate hurl; and from τείνω (see in 1614), which indicates an extended projection); by qualification, to deposit (as if a load); by extension, to disperse
KJV usage: cast (down, out), scatter abroad, throw.
Pronounce: hrip'-to
Origin: a primary verb (perhaps rather akin to the base of 4474, through the idea of sudden motion)
four
tessares (Greek #5064)
four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: tes'-sar-es
Origin: τέσσαρα (tes'-sar-ah) a plural number
anchors
agkura (Greek #45)
an "anchor" (as crooked)
KJV usage: anchor.
Pronounce: ang'-koo-rah
Origin: from the same as 43
out of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the stern
prumna (Greek #4403)
the stern of a ship
KJV usage: hinder part, stern.
Pronounce: proom'-nah
Origin: feminine of πρυμνύς (hindmost)
, and wished
euchomai (Greek #2172)
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
KJV usage: pray, will, wish.
Pronounce: yoo'-khom-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
l for
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
the day
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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fallen.
Acts 27:17,41• 17Which 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.
 41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. (Acts 27:17,41)
anchors.
Acts 27:30,40• 30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
 40And 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 27:30,40)
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Heb. 6:19• 19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (Heb. 6:19)
and wished.
Deut. 28:67• 67In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (Deut. 28:67)
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)
• It is shown from the sailing directions that the ground is exceptionally good there; so that there is no danger as long as the cables hold. (“Acts 27:27-44” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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and fearing that haply we should be cast off on rough places they cast four anchors from the stern and wished that day were come.