Acts

Acts 27:28

²⁸They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep.^g Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.^h

Footnotes

g 27:28 20 fathoms is approximately 120 feet or 36.6 meters.
h 27:28 15 fathoms is approximately 90 feet or 27.4 meters.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They took soundings	βολίσαντες	bolisantes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1001 I cast the line for sounding, I sound
found that	εὗρον	heuron	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2147 I find
twenty	εἴκοσι	eikosi	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural	G1501 twenty
fathoms	ὀργυιὰς	orguias	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G3712 a fathom, about five or six feet
Going	διαστήσαντες	diastēsantes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1339 I put apart, separate, put some distance between
a little farther	βραχὺ	brachy	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular	G1024 short, little
they took another set of soundings	βολίσαντες	bolisantes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1001 I cast the line for sounding, I sound
that read	εὗρον	heuron	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2147 I find
fifteen	δεκαπέντε	dekapente	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural	G1178 fifteen
fathoms	ὀργυιὰς	orguias	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G3712 a fathom, about five or six feet

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.