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STRONGS NUMBER G2893

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Word Summary
kouphizō: to make light (in weight)
Original Word: κουφίζω
Transliteration: kouphizō
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-fid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make light (in weight)
Meaning: to make light (in weight)
Strong's Concordance
lighten.

From kouphos (light in weight); to unload -- lighten.

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)



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