Strong's Lexicon
G641 — ἀπορῥίπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G641 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπορῥίπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G4496 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | aporrhipto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-or-rhip'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to hurl off, i.e. precipitate (oneself) |
| KJV Renderings: | cast |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπορρίπτω: 1 aorist ἀπέρριψα (T WH write with one rho ῥ; see Rho); (from Homer down); to throw away, cast down; reflexively, to cast oneself down: Act 27:43 (R. V. cast themselves overboard). (So in Lucian, ver. hist. 1, 30 variant; (Chariton 3, 5, see D’Orville at the passage); cf. Winers Grammar, 251 (236); (Buttmann, 145 (127)).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπορρίπτω (cast)
Acts 27:43
- KJV: But the centurion willing to save Paul kept them from purpose and commanded that they which could swim should cast first and get to land
- GK: ο δε εκατόνταρχος βουλόμενος διασώσαι τον Παύλον εκώλυσεν αυτούς του βουλήματος εκέλευσέ τε τους δυναμένους κολυμβάν απορρίψαντας πρώτους επί την γην εξιέναι
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