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τυφωνικός
tuphōnikos
G5189
G:A Greek

tempestuous

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Tuphonikos describes the wind that struck the vessel as tempest-driven in Acts 27:14.

The attested use describes a wind that strikes against a vessel in a violent storm setting.

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  1. Describing a storm-driven wind · dominant

    In Acts 27:14, the nominative singular masculine adjective describes the wind that “struck against it”; the APB renders the clause, “a tempestuous wind called Eurakylon struck against it.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:14, the APB presents the wind as “tempestuous,”.

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