Acts 27:20
Strong's Lexicon
[When]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

neither
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither…nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

sun
ἡλίου (hēliou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2246: The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.

nor
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither…nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

stars
ἄστρων (astrōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 798: A star. Neuter from aster; properly, a constellation; put for a single star.

appeared
ἐπιφαινόντων (epiphainontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2014: From epi and phaino; to shine upon, i.e. Become visible or known.

for
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

many
πλείονας (pleionas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural - Comparative
Strong's Greek 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.

days
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

and
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

[the great]
ὀλίγου (oligou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat.

storm
χειμῶνός (cheimōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5494: From a derivative of cheo, meaning a storm; by implication, the rainy season, i.e. Winter.

continued to batter us,
ἐπικειμένου (epikeimenou)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1945: From epi and keimai; to rest upon.

we abandoned
περιῃρεῖτο (periēreito)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4014: From peri and haireomai; to remove all around, i.e. Unveil, cast off; figuratively, to expiate.

all
πᾶσα (pasa)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

hope
ἐλπὶς (elpis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1680: Hope, expectation, trust, confidence. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence.

of
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

being saved.
σῴζεσθαι (sōzesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's Greek 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

Young's Literal Translation
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

New American Standard Bible
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing [us], from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

King James Bible
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

New Living Translation
The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.

English Standard Version
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

New American Standard Bible
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

King James Bible
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

International Standard Version
For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.

NET Bible
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

American Standard Version
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

English Revised Version
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

Young's Literal Translation
and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.
















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

Acts 27:21
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

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

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

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 27:22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
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