Acts 27:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.”
Acts 27:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 27:1229 words
ἀνευθέτουaneuthetounot commodious
δὲdeand / but
τοῦtouthe
λιμένοςlimenoshaven
ὑπάρχοντοςhyparchontosafter, behave, live
πρὸςprosto / toward
παραχειμασίανparacheimasianwinter in
οἱhoithe
πλείονεςpleionesmany / much
ἔθεντοethento+ advise, appoint, bow
βουλὴνboulēn+ advise, counsel, will
ἀναχθῆναιanachthēnaibring (again, forth, up again)
ἐκεῖθενekeithenfrom that place, (from) thence, there
εἴeiforasmuch as, if, that
πωςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that
δύναιντοdynaintobe able
καταντήσαντεςkatantēsantesattain, come
εἰςeisinto / to
ΦοίνικαPhoinikapalm (tree)
παραχειμάσαιparacheimasaiwinter
λιμέναlimenahaven
τῆςtēsthe
ΚρήτηςKrētēsCrete
βλέπονταblepontabehold, beware, lie
κατὰkataabout, according as (to), after
λίβαlibasouthwest
καὶkaiand / also
κατὰkataabout, according as (to), after
χῶρονchōronnorth west
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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