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Lexicon :: Strong's G2893 - kouphizō

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κουφίζω
Transliteration
kouphizō (Key)
Pronunciation
koo-fid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From kouphos (light in weight)
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Strong’s Definitions

κουφίζω kouphízō, koo-fid'-zo; from κοῦφος koûphos (light in weight); to unload:—lighten.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2893 in the following manner: lighten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2893 in the following manner: lighten (1x).
  1. to be light

  2. to lighten

    1. a ship by throwing the cargo overboard

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κουφίζω kouphízō, koo-fid'-zo; from κοῦφος koûphos (light in weight); to unload:—lighten.
STRONGS G2893:
κουφίζω: imperfect 3 person plural ἐκούφιζον; (κοῦφος light);
1. intransitive, to be light (Hesiod, Euripides, Dio C.).
2. from Hippocrates down, generally translated, to lighten: a ship, by throwing the cargo overboard, Acts 27:38. (the Sept. Jonah 1:5, and often in Polybius)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jonah
1:5
Acts
27:38

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2893 matches the Greek κουφίζω (kouphizō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 -

“They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every major case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load,[fn] and they will bear it with you.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 -

“Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps he will stop oppressing you,[fn] your gods, and your land.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 -

“Your father made our yoke harsh. You, therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 -

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to this people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’? ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 -

The young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us! ’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 -

After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt ​— ​though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive[fn] ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

On the third day, Esther dressed in her royal clothing and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace facing it. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom,[fn] facing its entrance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 -

Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster,

rescued from the day of wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 -

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.

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