Acts

Acts 27:42

⁴²The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The	Τῶν	Tōn	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
soldiers	στρατιωτῶν	stratiōtōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G4757 a soldier
planned	βουλὴ	boulē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G1012 counsel, deliberate wisdom
to	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
kill	ἀποκτείνωσιν	apokteinōsin	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural	G615 I put to death, kill
the	τοὺς	tous	Article - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
prisoners	δεσμώτας	desmōtas	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1202 a prisoner, captive
so none	μή	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
of them	τις	tis	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5100 any one, some one
could swim	ἐκκολυμβήσας	ekkolymbēsas	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1579 I swim out
to freedom	διαφύγῃ	diaphygē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1309 I escape by flight

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.