STRONGS G2893:
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)
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