Acts 27:17
17whichἣνhaving taken upἄραντεςsupportsβοηθείαιςthey began usingἐχρῶντοundergirdingὑποζωννύντεςtheτὸshipπλοῖον·Fearingφοβούμενοίthenτεlestμὴintoεἰςtheτὴνsandbars of SyrtisΣύρτινthey should fallἐκπέσωσιν,having loweredχαλάσαντεςtheτὸgearσκεῦος,thusοὕτωςthey were driven alongἐφέροντο.
which having taken up, they began using supports, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall into the sandbars of Syrtis, having lowered the gear, thus they were driven along.
Vocab difficulty
97.3
Rare words
βοηθείαις
βοήθεια
(a) abstr: assistance, (b) concr: (a technical term of nautical language), a help.
ὑποζωννύντες
ὑποζώννυμι
I under-gird, as to strengthen a ship against the waves.
Σύρτιν
Σύρτις
Syrtis, a quicksand off the coast of North Africa.