GreekG1001Verb
βολίζω
bolizō
“to sound”
1Occurrences
G1001Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to heave the lead
from G1002 (βολίς);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to heave the lead, take soundings.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Verb
Morphology Code
G:V
Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
βολίζω appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Acts
1
Key Passages
Acts 27:28BSB
They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
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