Strong's Concordance kouphizó: to make light (in weight) Original Word: κουφίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kouphizó Phonetic Spelling: (koo-fid'-zo) Short Definition: I lighten Definition: I lighten, make light. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2893: κουφίζωκουφίζω: 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) From kouphos (light in weight); to unload -- lighten. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 28931 Occurrence ἐκούφιζον — 1 Occ. Acts 27:38 V-IIA-3P GRK: δὲ τροφῆς ἐκούφιζον τὸ πλοῖον NAS: When they had eaten enough, they [began] to lighten the ship KJV: enough, they lightened the ship, INT: moreover with food they lightened the ship |
    |