Acts 27:15
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue.
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- Acts 27:27Rank 1 from verse 15
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
27But when the fourteenth night was come, as wee were driuen vp and downe in Adria about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they drew neere to some countrey:
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whithersoeuer the gouernour listeth.
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Acts 27:15
A vessel or boat used for travel or for carrying persons or goods over water.
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Seized, grasped, captured, taken, overtaken, trapped, or held fast.
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Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.
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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1. To force, compel, or cause a person or thing to move or leave a place. 2. To direct or urge an animal or vehicle forward. 3. To carry or propel by an external force, especially wind.
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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.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not beare vp into the winde, we let her driue.
Selected passage16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
16And running vnder a certaine yland, which is called Clauda, wee had much worke to come by the boate: