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].

Vocab difficulty

97.9

Rare words

  • 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.