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Koine Greek wordlink #103874

SR GNT Acts 27:16 περικρατεῖς (perikrateis) ‘Klaudaʸ we were_able with_difficulty control to become of the lifeboat’ Strongs=40310 Lemma=perikratēs^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm TimeSeries=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Only use of identical word form περικρατεῖς (S-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περικρατεῖς’ (S-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘control’.

Acts 27:16 ‘Klaudaʸ we were_able with_difficulty control to become of the lifeboat’ SR GNT Acts 27:16 word 11

OET-LV: 16 And having _run _under a_certain island being _called Klaudaʸ, we _were _able with _difficulty to _become control of _the lifeboat, (ACT_27:16)

OET-RV: 16 As we passed a small island called Clauda, we got a brief break and were able to resecure the lifeboat (ACT 27:16)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘perikratēs’ in the Greek originals.

Key: S=substantive adjective NMP=nominative,masculine,plural