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Acts 27

Acts 27:42 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the soldiers’
stratiotes (Greek #4757)
a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: soldier.
Pronounce: strat-ee-o'-tace
Origin: from a presumed derivative of the same as 4756
counsel
boule (Greek #1012)
volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
KJV usage: + advise, counsel, will.
Pronounce: boo-lay'
Origin: from 1014
x was
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
to
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
kill
apokteino (Greek #615)
to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
KJV usage: put to death, kill, slay.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ti'-no
Origin: from 575 and κτείνω (to slay)
the prisoners
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
desmotes (Greek #1202)
(passively) a captive
KJV usage: prisoner.
Pronounce: des-mo'-tace
Origin: from the same as 1201
, lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
any
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
of them should swim out
ekkolumbao (Greek #1579)
to escape by swimming
KJV usage: swim out.
Pronounce: ek-kol-oom-bah'-o
Origin: from 1537 and 2860
, and escape
diapheugo (Greek #1309)
to flee through, i.e. escape
KJV usage: escape.
Pronounce: dee-af-yoo'-go
Origin: from 1223 and 5343
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Psa. 74:20• 20Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence. (Psa. 74:20)

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Psa. 74:20• 20Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence. (Psa. 74:20)
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Prov. 12:10• 10A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Prov. 12:10)
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Eccl. 9:3• 3This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead. (Eccl. 9:3)
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Mark 15:15‑20• 15And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
 16And the soldiers led him away into the court which is called the praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
 17And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
 18And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
 19And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.
 20And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him. (Mark 15:15‑20)
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Luke 23:40‑41• 40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost *thou* too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?
 41and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense of what we have done; but this man has done nothing amiss. (Luke 23:40‑41)
• The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners (vs. 42). They were responsible under the severest penalties not to let them go. (“Acts 27:27-44” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest they should swim out and escape;