King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1001
Transliteration: bolizō
Phonetic Spelling: (bol-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to heave the lead
Meaning: to heave the lead
βολίζω: 1 aorist ἐβολισα; (βολίς a missile, dart; a line and plummet with which mariners sound the depth of the sea, a sounding-lead); to heave the lead, take soundings: Acts 27:28. (Besides only in Eustathius; (middle intransitive, to sink in water, Geoponica, 6, 17).)
Word Summary
bolizō: to heave the lead
Original Word: βολίζωTransliteration: bolizō
Phonetic Spelling: (bol-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to heave the lead
Meaning: to heave the lead
Strong's Concordance
to take soundingsFrom bolis; to heave the lead -- sound.
see GREEK bolis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1001: βολίζωβολίζω: 1 aorist ἐβολισα; (βολίς a missile, dart; a line and plummet with which mariners sound the depth of the sea, a sounding-lead); to heave the lead, take soundings: Acts 27:28. (Besides only in Eustathius; (middle intransitive, to sink in water, Geoponica, 6, 17).)