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Lexicon :: Strong's G1546 - ekbolē

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ἐκβολή
Transliteration
ekbolē (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-bol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκβολή ekbolḗ, ek-bol-ay'; from G1544; ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo:—+ lighten the ship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1546 in the following manner: lighten the ship (with G4060) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1546 in the following manner: lighten the ship (with G4060) (1x).

  1. a casting out

  2. the throwing overboard of goods and lading whereby sailors lighten a ship in a storm to keep her from sinking

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκβολή ekbolḗ, ek-bol-ay'; from G1544; ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo:—+ lighten the ship.
STRONGS G1546:
ἐκβολή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω);
a. a casting out.
b. specifically, the throwing overboard of goods and lading whereby sailors lighten a ship in a storm to keep her from sinking, (Aeschylus sept. 769; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 3, 1, 5 [p. 1110a, 9]; Lucian, de merc. cond. 1): ποιεῖσθαι ἐκβολήν, Latin jacturam facere, to throw the cargo overboard, Acts 27:18; with τῶν σκευῶν added, Sept. Jonah 1:5; τῶν φορτίων, Pollux 1, 99, p. 70, Hemsterh edition.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jonah
1:5
Acts
27:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1546 matches the Greek ἐκβολή (ekbolē),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Then the sailors became fearful, and every man cried to his god, and they hurled the [fn]cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it [fn]for them. But Jonah had gone down below into the innermost part of the vessel, lain down, and fallen deep asleep.
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