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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - “And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be that every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that bring the land to ruin, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke harsh; but you, now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - Then the young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ Thus you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,

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Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 -

“That the wicked is reserved for the day of disaster;

They will be led forth at the day of fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:5

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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