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To unload

ἀποφορτίζομαιStrong’s G0670

apophortizomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Apophortizomai is the Greek word usually translated “unloading”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“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.”
Acts 21:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “unloading”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • unloading 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀποφορτίζομαι apophortizomai · to unload

    ἀπο-φορτίζομαι (φορτίζω, to load), to discharge a cargo (Field, Notes, 134), to unlade: with accusative, τ. γόμον, Act.21:3.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “unload” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    UNLOAD, verb transitive

    1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; as, to unload a ship; to unload a cart.
    2. To disburden; as, to unload a beast.
    3. To disburden; to relieve from any thing onerous or troublesome.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.