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Acts 27:4

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

KJV

κἀκεῖθεν ἀναχθέντες ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κύπρον διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀνέμους εἶναι ἐναντίους,

Greek NT

Et inde cum sustulissemus, subnavigavimus Cyprum, propterea quod essent venti contrarii.

Vulgate

And putting to sea from thence, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

ASV

And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Douay-Rheims

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Places Cyprus

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Κύπρος
kupros
noun · 5×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κἀκεῖθεν
kakeithen
adverb · 10×
ἀνάγω
anago
verb · 23×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
ἐναντίος
enantios
adjective · 8×
o
article · 19778×
ὑποπλέω
upopleo
verb · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
  • Acts 21:3 — Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.