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Acts 27

Acts 27:42 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the soldiers’
stratiotes (Greek #4757)
a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: soldier.
Pronounce: strat-ee-o'-tace
Origin: from a presumed derivative of the same as 4756
counsel
boule (Greek #1012)
volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
KJV usage: + advise, counsel, will.
Pronounce: boo-lay'
Origin: from 1014
x was
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
to
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
kill
apokteino (Greek #615)
to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
KJV usage: put to death, kill, slay.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ti'-no
Origin: from 575 and κτείνω (to slay)
the prisoners
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
desmotes (Greek #1202)
(passively) a captive
KJV usage: prisoner.
Pronounce: des-mo'-tace
Origin: from the same as 1201
, lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
any
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
of them should swim out
ekkolumbao (Greek #1579)
to escape by swimming
KJV usage: swim out.
Pronounce: ek-kol-oom-bah'-o
Origin: from 1537 and 2860
, and escape
diapheugo (Greek #1309)
to flee through, i.e. escape
KJV usage: escape.
Pronounce: dee-af-yoo'-go
Origin: from 1223 and 5343
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Psa. 74:20• 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. (Psa. 74:20)

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Psa. 74:20• 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. (Psa. 74:20)
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Prov. 12:10• 10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Prov. 12:10)
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Eccl. 9:3• 3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. (Eccl. 9:3)
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Mark 15:15‑20• 15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
 16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
 17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
 18And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
 19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
 20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. (Mark 15:15‑20)
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Luke 23:40‑41• 40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
 41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. (Luke 23:40‑41)
• The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners (vs. 42). They were responsible under the severest penalties not to let them go. (“Acts 27:27-44” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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42
And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest they should swim out and escape;