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G1546

ἐκβολή

ekbolē

Feminine noun · From ἐκβάλλω (G1544)

From G1544; ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo:—+ lighten the ship.

Outline

  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

Usages

Acts 27:18

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

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