Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2893: κουφίζωκουφίζω: 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) |