Acts 27:12
12Unsuitableἀνευθέτουnowδὲtheτοῦharborλιμένοςbeingὑπάρχοντοςtoπρὸςwinter inπαραχειμασίανtheοἱmajorityπλείονεςreachedἔθεντοa decisionβουλὴνto set sailἀναχθῆναιfrom thereἐκεῖθεν,ifεἴsomehowπωςthey might be ableδύναιντοhaving arrivedκαταντήσαντεςatεἰςPhoenixΦοίνικαto winter [there]παραχειμάσαι,a harborλιμένατῆςof CreteΚρήτηςlookingβλέπονταtowardκατὰ[the] southwestλίβαandκαὶtowardκατὰ[the] northwestχῶρον.
And the harbor being unsuitable to winter in, the majority made a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they might be able, having arrived at Phoenix—a harbor of Crete looking toward the southwest and toward the northwest—to winter [there].
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ἀνευθέτου
ἀνεύθετος
unfitted, unsuitable, inconvenient, not well placed.
λιμένος
λιμήν
a harbor, port, haven.
παραχειμασίαν
παραχειμασία
wintering, spending the winter.
Φοίνικα
Φοῖνιξ
Phoenix, a bay on the south coast of Crete.
παραχειμάσαι
παραχειμάζω
I pass the winter.
λιμένα
λιμήν
a harbor, port, haven.
λίβα
λίψ
the south-west wind, and thus the quarter from which it comes.
χῶρον
χῶρος
the north-west wind, and the quarter of the sky from which it comes.