Acts 27:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

Young's Literal Translation
And we, being exceedingly tempest-tossed, the succeeding [day] they were making a clearing,

King James Bible
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next [day] they lightened the ship;

Greek
We
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

were tossed so
χειμαζομένων (cheimazomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5492: To be storm-tossed. From the same as cheimon; to storm, i.e. to labor under a gale.

violently
Σφοδρῶς (Sphodrōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4971: Exceedingly, vehemently. Adverb from the same as sphodra; very much.

[that] the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

next [day]
ἑξῆς (hexēs)
Adverb
Strong's 1836: Next in order, the next day, the following day, at the period immediately following. From echo; successive.

[the men] began
ἐποιοῦντο (epoiounto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to jettison the cargo.
ἐκβολὴν (ekbolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1546: A throwing out, a jettisoning of cargo to lighten a ship. From ekballo; ejection, i.e. a throwing overboard of the cargo.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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