Hupopleo describes a ship’s course taken under the lee of an island when winds hinder onward travel.

The attested use describes taking a sheltered sailing course under the lee of an island when winds impede the voyage, as the clauses in Acts 27:4 and Acts 27:7 place the action in response to adverse wind.

1. Sailing along an island’s sheltered side · dominant

   In Acts 27:4, the first-person plural aorist active indicative form occurs after putting to sea, while the APB renders the voyage as sailing under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against them. In Acts 27:7, the same form follows the statement that the wind did not allow further progress; the APB renders sailing under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

   Acts 27:4Acts 27:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Acts 27:4 and Acts 27:7, the APB presents the action with “sailed under the lee,” naming Cyprus in the first verse and Crete in the second. The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses portray the course as a response to hindering winds.