◄ 2893. kouphizó ►
Strong's Lexicon kouphizó: To lighten, to relieve, to ease Original Word: κουφίζω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kouphizó Pronunciation: koo-FEE-zo Phonetic Spelling: (koo-fid'-zo) Definition: To lighten, to relieve, to ease Meaning: I lighten, make light. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from kouphos (light) Definition to make light (in weight) NASB Translation lighten (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2893: κουφίζω κουφίζω: 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 Exhaustive Concordance lighten. From kouphos (light in weight); to unload -- lighten. Forms and Transliterations εκουφιζον εκούφιζον ἐκούφιζον εκούφισας κούφη κούφης κουφίζεται κουφιούσιν κουφίση κουφισθήναι κούφισον κούφοι κούφοις κούφον κούφόν κούφος κουφότεροι κούφως ekouphizon ekoúphizon Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 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 Strong's Greek 2893 1 Occurrence ἐκούφιζον — 1 Occ.