Strong's Lexicon
G1001
G1001 — βολίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1001 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βολίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1002 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | bolizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bol-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to heave the lead 2. (concretely) to measure the depth of the sea (i.e. to sound) |
| KJV Renderings: | sound |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Act 27:28. (Besides only in Eustathius; (middle intransitive, to sink in water, Geoponica, 6, 17).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βολίζω (sound)
Acts 27:28
- KJV: And sounded and found twenty fathoms and when they had gone a little further they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms
- GK: και βολίσαντες εύρον οργυιάς είκοσι βραχύ δε διαστήσαντες και πάλιν βολίσαντες εύρον οργυιάς δεκαπέντε