KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 27:13–14
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Acts 27:13
13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
13And when the South wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Creete.
Acts 27:14
14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
14But not long after, there ‖arose against it a tempestuous winde, called Euroclydon.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:13
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Gently, quietly, slowly, or without force, harshness, or loudness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Laying down or imagining to exist or be true; stating as a case that may be; imagining; receiving as true.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Gained; procured; acquired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To untie, release, set free, or let go; not bound or fastened.
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Travelled or proceeded in a ship or other vessel over water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shut, enclosed, near, confined, or joined closely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:14
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
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Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
tempestuous
Boisterous, or stormy.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Euroclydon
Euroclydon, the tempestuous wind named in Acts 27:14.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
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Open the full verse study55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
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Open the full verse study26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
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Open the full verse study25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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Open the full verse study21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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Open the full verse study26¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
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Open the full verse study3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
4¶ But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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Open the full verse study24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
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