Ekbole means “ejection” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1546 — galuth (“captivity”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1546 ἐκβολή (ekbole) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekbole (ek-bol-ay') n. 1. ejection 2. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include lightened. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ekbole (ek-bol-ay') n. 1. ejection 2. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo [from G1544] KJV: + lighten the ship Root(s): G1544
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1546. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
jettisoning
Usage: ἐκ-βολή, -ῆς (ἐκβάλλω), [in LXX: Exo.11:1 (גָּרַשׁ), Jos.1:5 (ἐκβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι, טול hi.), Eze.47:8 (יָצָא)* ;] __1. a throwing out. __2. a jettison, a throwing overboard of cargo: Act.27:18 (cf. Jos, l.with; and see Field, Notes, 144 f.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekbole, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1546 (ἐκβολή) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord said to Moses, I will yet bring one plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you forth thence; and whenever he sends you forth with everything, he will indeed drive you out.
And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1546.
And the Lord said to Moses, I will yet bring one plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you forth thence; and whenever he sends you forth with everything, he will indeed drive you out.
And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1546, grouped by book.
Ekbole (Strong's G1546) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ejection". ekbole (ek-bol-ay') n. 1. ejection 2. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G1546 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1546 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lightened. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1546, with linked reader references where each row is available.