Acts 27:16
Strong's Lexicon
Passing to the lee
ὑποδραμόντες (hypodramontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5295: To run under shelter of. From hupo and trecho; to run under, i.e., to sail past.

of a small
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

island
Νησίον (Nēsion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3519: A little island, an islet. Diminutive of nesos; an islet.

called
καλούμενον (kaloumenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

Cauda,
Καῦδα (Kauda)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2802: Claude, an island near Crete.

we barely managed
ἰσχύσαμεν (ischysamen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2480: To have strength, be strong, be in full health and vigor, be able; meton: I prevail. From ischus; to have force.

μόλις (molis)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3433: With difficulty, hardly, scarcely. Probably by variation for mogis; with difficulty.

to secure
γενέσθαι (genesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

περικρατεῖς (perikrateis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4031: Having full power over, mastering, gaining control over. From peri and kratos; strong all around, i.e. A master.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

lifeboat.
σκάφης (skaphēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4627: A boat; any hollow vessel. A 'skiff', or yawl.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

Young's Literal Translation
and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.

New American Standard Bible
Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the [ship's] boat under control.

King James Bible
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,

New Living Translation
We sailed along the sheltered side of a small island named Cauda, where with great difficulty we hoisted aboard the lifeboat being towed behind us.

English Standard Version
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the ship’s boat.

New American Standard Bible
Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control.

King James Bible
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.

International Standard Version
As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the ship's lifeboat.

NET Bible
As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control.

American Standard Version
And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

English Revised Version
And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:

Young's Literal Translation
and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of the boat,
















Cross References
Acts 16:10
And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

Acts 27:15
And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Acts 27:17
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

Acts 27:30
And 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,

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 27:14
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

Acts 27:13
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

Acts 27:19
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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