King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G670
Transliteration: apophortizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-of-or-tid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to discharge a cargo
Meaning: to discharge a cargo
ἀποφορτίζομαι; (φορτίζω to load; φόρτος a load), to disburden oneself; τί, to lay down a load, unlade, discharge: τόν γόμον, of a ship, Acts 21:3; cf. Meyer and DeWette at the passage; Winers Grammar, 349f (328f). (Elsewhere also used of sailors lightening ship during a storm in order to avoid shipwreck: Philo de praem. et poen. § 5 κυβερνήτης, χειμωνων ἀπιγινομενων, ἀποφορτίζεται; Athen. 2, 5, p. 37 c. and following, where it occurs twice.)
Word Summary
apophortizomai: to discharge a cargo
Original Word: ἀποφορτίζομαιTransliteration: apophortizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-of-or-tid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to discharge a cargo
Meaning: to discharge a cargo
Strong's Concordance
unloadFrom apo and the middle voice of phortizo; to unload -- unlade.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK phortizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 670: ἀποφορτίζομαιἀποφορτίζομαι; (φορτίζω to load; φόρτος a load), to disburden oneself; τί, to lay down a load, unlade, discharge: τόν γόμον, of a ship, Acts 21:3; cf. Meyer and DeWette at the passage; Winers Grammar, 349f (328f). (Elsewhere also used of sailors lightening ship during a storm in order to avoid shipwreck: Philo de praem. et poen. § 5 κυβερνήτης, χειμωνων ἀπιγινομενων, ἀποφορτίζεται; Athen. 2, 5, p. 37 c. and following, where it occurs twice.)