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Koine Greek wordlink #104301

SR GNT Acts 27:39 ἐκσῶσαι (eksōsai) ‘they were counselling if they might_be able to preserve the ship’ Strongs=16125 Lemma=eksōzō^*
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
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 ἐκσῶσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκσῶσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to preserve’.

Acts 27:39 ‘they were counselling if they might_be able to preserve the ship’ SR GNT Acts 27:39 word 25

OET-LV: 39 And when day became, they _were_ not _recognizing the land, but were _observing a_certain bay having a_shore, on which they _were _counselling, if they _might _be _able to _preserve the ship. (ACT_27:39)

OET-RV: 39 Once it became light, they saw that they were close to shore in a bay but didn’t recognise the place. After some discussion, they decided to try to save the ship (ACT 27:39)

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

Key: V=verb