Acts 27:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
ὑπάρχω
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
τίθημι
reached
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τίθημι
To put, to place, to appoint. Tithemi. Father into Your hands I commit My spirit. The final act of Jesus was an act of trust. Put everything in His hands. That is where it is safest.
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δύναμαι
they would be able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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-πώς
somehow
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-πώς
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
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λίψ
the] southwest
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λίψ
the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain, i.e. (by extension) the south quarter)
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πλείων
majority
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πλείων
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
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βουλή
a decision
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βουλή
volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
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καταντάω
having arrived
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καταντάω
to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively)
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παραχειμάζω
to winter there —
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παραχειμάζω
to winter near, i.e. stay with over the rainy season
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Κρήτη
of Crete
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Κρήτη
Crete, an island in the Mediterranean
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Φοῖνιξ
Phoenix
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Φοῖνιξ
Phœnix, a place in Crete
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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χῶρος
the] northwest.
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χῶρος
the north-west wind
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παραχειμασία
winter in
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παραχειμασία
a wintering over
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λιμήν
a harbor
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λιμήν
a harbor
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ἐκεῖθεν
from there,
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ἐκεῖθεν
thence
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