They took soundings
βολίσαντες (bolisantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1001: To cast the line (for sounding), I sound. From bolis; to heave the lead.

[and] found that [the water]
εὗρον (heuron)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

[was] twenty
εἴκοσι (eikosi)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1501: Twenty. Of uncertain affinity; a score.

fathoms [deep].
ὀργυιὰς (orguias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3712: A fathom, about five or six feet. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom.

Going
διαστήσαντες (diastēsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1339: To put apart, separate, put some distance between. From dia and histemi; to stand apart, i.e. to remove, intervene.

a little farther,
βραχὺ (brachy)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1024: Short, little, few. Of uncertain affinity; short.

they took another set of soundings
βολίσαντες (bolisantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1001: To cast the line (for sounding), I sound. From bolis; to heave the lead.

that read
εὗρον (heuron)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

fifteen
δεκαπέντε (dekapente)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1178: Fifteen. From deka and pente; ten and five, i.e. Fifteen.

fathoms.
ὀργυιὰς (orguias)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3712: A fathom, about five or six feet. From oregomai; a stretch of the arms, i.e. A fathom.


Additional Translations
They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

And having taken soundings, they found twenty fathoms. Then having gone a little farther and having taken soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms; and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;

and they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little space, they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

So they hove the lead and found twenty fathoms of water; and after a short time they hove again and found fifteen fathoms.

They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms, Deep Farther Feet Fifteen Found Further Hundred Little Ninety Sea Short Sounded Sounding Space Time Twenty Water Deep Farther Feet Fifteen Found Further Hundred Little Ninety Sea Short Sounded Sounding Space Time Twenty Water Acts 27:28 NIV
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