Strong G1546ἐκβολή
jettisoning
- Transliteration
- ekbolē
- Pronunciation
- ek-bol-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1544; ejection that is (specifically) a throwing overboard of the cargo: - + lighten the ship.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G1546 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ship1
First verses
- Acts 27:18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκβολ-ή, ἡ,
(ἐκβάλλω) throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 748.)]
2jettisoning of cargo, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 769 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110a9, NT.Act.27.18)] (but simply, unloading, [Refs (Sammelb. 1207): _metaphorically_, ἐ. τῆς δόξης)] casting out of it, getting rid of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 230b, “R.” 412e; ἐ. ἐλέου 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 7, compare 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 4.)]
II expulsion, banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 421 (Lyric poetry, _plural_); μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275b36; ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b)]; dislodgement, ejection, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.8.4.)]
II.2 divorce, repudiation, γυναικός [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 26.45.)]
III letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 742 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 789a15.)]
IV expulsion of a foetus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.78.)]
IV.2 ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.1.)]
IV.3 shoot, καυλοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.114.)]
V putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.164f.)]
VI putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.56.7.)]
VII debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.128)]; mouth of a river, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; in _sing._, [prev. author] 7.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a)]: pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.38.)]
VII.2 by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.10.7: _metaphorically_, ἐ. λόγου)]digression, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.14 (_plural_), etc.)]
VII.3 close of a verse, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 900.24.)]
VII.4 projection, στόματος a snout, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 12.)]
VIII (from passive), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 250)]; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1079 (_anapaest meter_).)]
VIII.2 cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.11)]; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1424.)]
IX in Music, interval of five διέσεις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1141b, Bacchius Musicus “Εἰσαγωγὴ τέχνης μουσικῆς” 42, 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.10.)]
X ={ἐκβολάς} I, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.5.28.)]
(ἐκβάλλω) throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 748.)]
2jettisoning of cargo, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 769 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110a9, NT.Act.27.18)] (but simply, unloading, [Refs (Sammelb. 1207): _metaphorically_, ἐ. τῆς δόξης)] casting out of it, getting rid of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 230b, “R.” 412e; ἐ. ἐλέου 4th-5th c.AD: Aphthonius Rhetor “Προγυμνάσματα - Rhet.” 7, compare 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 4.)]
II expulsion, banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 421 (Lyric poetry, _plural_); μετὰ τὴν τῶν τυράννων ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275b36; ἐκβολαὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 847b)]; dislodgement, ejection, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.8.4.)]
II.2 divorce, repudiation, γυναικός [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 26.45.)]
III letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 742 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 789a15.)]
IV expulsion of a foetus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.78.)]
IV.2 ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.1.)]
IV.3 shoot, καυλοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.114.)]
V putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.164f.)]
VI putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.56.7.)]
VII debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.128)]; mouth of a river, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; in _sing._, [prev. author] 7.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113a)]: pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.38.)]
VII.2 by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.10.7: _metaphorically_, ἐ. λόγου)]digression, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.14 (_plural_), etc.)]
VII.3 close of a verse, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 900.24.)]
VII.4 projection, στόματος a snout, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 12.)]
VIII (from passive), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 250)]; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1079 (_anapaest meter_).)]
VIII.2 cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν..ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.11)]; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1424.)]
IX in Music, interval of five διέσεις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1141b, Bacchius Musicus “Εἰσαγωγὴ τέχνης μουσικῆς” 42, 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.10.)]
X ={ἐκβολάς} I, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.5.28.)]