Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #103891

SR GNT Acts 27:17 Σύρτιν (Surtin) ‘lest into the shallows_of Surtis they may run_aground having lowered the’ Strongs=49500 Lemma=surtis^*
Word role=proper noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Location=Syrtis 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 Σύρτιν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Σύρτιν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘Surtis’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘Σύρτιν’ (N-AFS) was always and only glossed as ‘Syrtis’).

Acts 27:17 ‘lest into the shallows_of Surtis they may run_aground having lowered the’ SR GNT Acts 27:17 word 14

OET-LV: 17 which having _taken _up, they _were _resorting to _helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they _may _run _aground into the shallows _of Surtis, having _lowered the gear, thus they _were _being _driven _along. (ACT_27:17)

OET-RV: 17 and then bring it up on board. Then ropes were used to wrap around the ship in case it were to run aground into the shallows at Syrtis and the gear was lowered, allowing the wind to drive the ship along. (ACT 27:17)

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

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular