UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: αὐτόχειρ; -ος

Constructions: αὐτόχειρ; αὐτός; χείρ

Sense 1: one’s own hands

Semantic entry: 8.31

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Definition: of a person’s own hands

Notes: But in rendering RV ACT 27:19 · LV ACT 27:19 · Read together ACT 27:19, it may be somewhat superfluous or even misleading to speak about throwing over the ships tackle ‘with their own hands.’ The emphasis is not upon the hands so much as the activity of the people aboard the ship. Therefore, one may better translate RV ACT 27:19 · LV ACT 27:19 · Read together ACT 27:19 as ‘they themselves threw the ships tackle overboard.’ Obviously, more than the hands were employed in this activity.

ACT 27:19: RV ACT 27:19 · LV ACT 27:19 · Read together ACT 27:19

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OET-RV ACT 27:19

19 By the third day, the sailors themselves in desperation were even throwing some of the ship’s gear overboard.

OET-LV ACT 27:19

19 and on _the third day, they _threw _down the tackle of _the ship their_own _hands.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

αὐτόχειρ

Form 1

Sense 1: one’s own hands