Lexical Summary ekbolē: a throwing out, a throwing overboard (of the cargo) Original Word: ἐκβολήTransliteration: ekbolē Phonetic Spelling: (ek-bol-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a throwing out, a throwing overboard (of the cargo) Meaning: a throwing out, a throwing overboard (of the cargo) Strong's Concordance lighten the ship, jettisonFrom ekballo; ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo -- + lighten the ship. see GREEK ekballo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1546: ἐκβολήἐκβολή, ἐκβολης, 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. 1110{a}, 9); Lucian, de merc. cond. 1): ποιεῖσθαι ἐκβολήν, Latinjacturam facere, to throw the cargo overboard, Acts 27:18; with τῶν σκευῶν added, the Sept. Jonah 1:5; τῶν φορτιων, Pollux 1, 99, p. 70, Hemsterh edition. |
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