Acts 27:39:20Acts.27.39.W20TAB
ἐξῶσαι
eksôsai
“to run ashore”
- Transliteration
- ek-SÔ-sai
- Extended
- ehk-SOH-sai
- IPA
- /ekˈsɔː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to run ashore
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ek-SÔ-sai
- sentence
HO-te de hê-ME-ra e-GE-ne-to tên gên ouk e-pe-GI-nô-skon KOL-pon DE TI-na ka-te-NO-oun E-khon-ta ai-gi-a-LON eis hon e-bou-LEU-on-to ei DY-nain-to ek-SÔ-sai to PLOI-on
Exegesis
This is followed by the conditional structure ei dunainto exosai {εἰ δύναιντο ἐξῶσαι | ei dý-nai-n-to ex-ṓ-sai}, where ei with the optative expresses a potential condition in reported deliberation, “if they might be able.” The aorist infinitive exosai specifies the contemplated action of running the ship aground. In English, the subordinate clauses are rearranged slightly for clarity, but the temporal progression (daybreak → non-recognition → observation → deliberation → conditional plan) and the conditional nuance are preserved by using “if they might be able” in the formal and “if possible” in the dynamic rendering.
In context — Acts 27:39
When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a shore, and they planned, if they might be able, to run the ship aground there.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:39:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 27:39, so the Greek word ἐξῶσαι (eksôsai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.27.39.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.39.W20.S1) and character.