Strong's Lexicon
G670
G670 — ἀποφορτίζομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G670 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποφορτίζομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and the middle voice of G5412 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | apophortizomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-of-or-tid'-zom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to unload |
| KJV Renderings: | unlade |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποφορτίζομαι; (φορτίζω to load; φόρτος a load), to disburden oneself; τί, to lay down a load, unlade, discharge: τόν γόμον, of a ship, Act 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.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποφορτίζομαι (unlade)
Acts 21:3
- KJV: Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it on the left hand and sailed into Syria and landed at Tyre for there the ship was to unlade her burden
- GK: αναφανέντες δε την Κύπρον και καταλιπόντες αυτήν ευώνυμον επλέομεν εις Συρίαν και κατήχθημεν εις Τύρον εκείσε γαρ ην το πλοίον αποφορτιζόμενον τον γόμον