Lexicon 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kouphos (light) Definitionto make light (in weight) NASB Translationlighten (1).
Thayer's 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)
Strong's lighten. From kouphos (light in weight); to unload -- lighten. |
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