G1001

βολίζω

bolizō

Verb · From βολίς (G1002)

From G1002; to heave the lead:—sound.

Outline

to heave the lead, take a sounding

a line and plummet with which mariners sound the depth of the sea

Usages

Acts 27:28

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

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