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Acts 27:40
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Acts 27:40
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.
40And when they had ‖taken vp the ankers, they committed themselues vnto the sea, & loosed the rudder bands, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and made toward shore.
- Or, cut the ankers, they left them in the sea, &c.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 27:40
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Heavy devices cast into the water to hold a vessel in place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Delivered in trust; given in charge; deposited; imprisoned; done; perpetrated; engaged; exposed; referred to a committee.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Untied; unbound; freed from restraint.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The steering piece or pieces by which a ship's course is directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Company of men, or an assembly; to unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The coast, strand, or land at the edge of the sea or other large body of water.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 40
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Open the full verse study29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
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Open the full verse study23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
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