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Acts 27:37

27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

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In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

And we were in all in the ship two hundred three score and sixteen souls.

27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

What does Acts 27:37 mean?

Acts 27:37 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), εἰμί (en), πᾶς (pas).

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Andδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
we
wereεἰμίen/ane/G2258imperfect of 1510; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
in
allπᾶςpas/pas/G3956including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
inἐνen/en/G1722a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
the
shipπλοῖονploion/ploy'-on/G4143from 4126; a sailer, i.e. vessel:--ship(-ing).
two
hundredδιακόσιοιdiakosioi/dee-ak-os'-ee-oy/G1250from 1364 and 1540; two hundred:--two hundred.
threescoreἑβδομήκονταhebdomekonta/heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah/G1440from 1442 and a modified form of 1176; seventy:--seventy, three score and ten.
and
sixteenἕξhex/hex/G1803a primary numeral; six:--six.
souls.ψυχήpsuche/psoo-khay'/G5590from 5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew 5315, 7307 and 2416):--heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Acts 27:37.

Acts 23:23

And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

Mark 4:1

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Mark 4:36

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

Mark 5:21

And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

Matthew 13:2

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Matthew 14:24

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

Matthew 2:9

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

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What does Acts 27:37 say?

Acts 27:37 (King James Version) reads: "And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls."

Is Acts 27:37 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 27:37 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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