Original Word: κουφίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kouphizó
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-fid'-zo)
Definition: to make light (in weight)
Usage: I lighten, make light.Word Origin
from kouphos (light)
Definition
to make light (in weight)
NASB Translation
lighten (1).

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)

lighten.

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

εκουφιζον εκούφιζον ἐκούφιζον εκούφισας κούφη κούφης κουφίζεται κουφιούσιν κουφίση κουφισθήναι κούφισον κούφοι κούφοις κούφον κούφόν κούφος κουφότεροι κούφως ekouphizon ekoúphizonInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts