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Koine Greek wordlink #103897

SR GNT Acts 27:17 ἐφέροντο (eferonto) ‘the gear thus they were_being driven_along’ Strongs=53420 Lemma=ferō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=passive person=3rd number=plural
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm TimeSeries=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome Refers to Word #104066

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Only use of identical word form ἐφέροντο (V-IIP3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐφέροντο’ (V-IIP3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were_being driven_along’.

Acts 27:17 ‘the gear thus they were_being driven_along’ SR GNT Acts 27:17 word 20

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)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ferō’ have 42 different glosses: ‘are bringing’, ‘be bringing’, ‘be bringing it’, ‘be carrying’, ‘being brought’, ‘being carried’, ‘having brought’, ‘having_been brought’, ‘is bearing’, ‘is bringing’, ‘may_be bearing’, ‘to bear’, ‘to bring’, ‘to_be bearing’, ‘to_be carrying’, ‘to_be_being brought’, ‘was brought’, ‘will_be bringing’, ‘I brought’, ‘it is bearing’, ‘it may_be bearing’, ‘it was bearing’, ‘she brought it’, ‘they are bringing’, ‘they were bearing’, ‘they were bringing’, ‘they were_being driven_along’, ‘they will_be bringing’, ‘they brought’, ‘we may_be_being brought’, ‘we were_being driven_along’, ‘you_all are bringing’, ‘you_all may_be bearing’, ‘bearing’, ‘bore’, ‘bring’, ‘bringing’, ‘brought’, ‘brought it’, ‘carried it’, ‘carrying’, ‘leading’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐφέροντο (V-IIP3··P) with a gloss related to ‘driven_along’

ACTs 27:15 ἐφερόμεθα (eferometha) V-IIP1··P ‘to the wind having given_up we were_being driven_along’ SR GNT Acts 27:15 word 12

OET-LV: 15 And the ship having _been _seized, and not being _able to _be _facing to _the wind, having _given _up we _were _being _driven _along. (ACT_27:15)

OET-RV: 15 The ship was driven by the wind and unable to tack to face into it, so the sailors gave up and just let it be driven. (ACT 27:15)

Key: V=verb