- ἐκβολή
- a throwing out
- ἐκβολή
- a throwing out, a jettisoning
- a throwing out, a jettisoning of cargo to lighten a ship.
- ἐκβολή
- jettisoning
- G:N-F
- ἐκ-βολή, -ῆς
(< ἐκβάλλω), [in LXX: Exo.11:1 (גָּרַשׁ), Jos.1:5 (ἐκβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι, טול hi.), Eze.47:8 (יָצָא)* ;]
__1. a throwing out.
__2. a jettison, a throwing overboard of cargo: Act.27:18 (cf. Jos, l.with; and see Field, Notes, 144 f.).†
(AS)
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
2) the throwing overboard of goods and lading whereby sailors lighten a ship in a storm to keep her from sinking
ἐκβολή
ekbolē
ek-bol-ay'
From G1544; ejection, that is, (specifically) a throwing overboard of the cargo
KJV Usage: + lighten the ship.