noun · feminine

ekbolas

Greekἐκβολή (ekbolē)

Strong’sG1546

a throwing out, a jettisoning

stem ekbol-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

* throwing the cargo overboard,1×

What it means

ἐκ-βολή, -ῆς

(< ἐκβάλλω), [in LXX: Ex 11:1 (גָּרַשׁ), Jos 1:5 (ἐκβολὴν ποιεῖσθαι, טול hi.), Ez 47:8 (יָצָא)*;]

1. a throwing out.

2. a jettison, a throwing overboard of cargo: Ac 27:18 (cf. Jos, l.c.; and v. Field, Notes, 144 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1546 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek-bol-ay'

ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo

Fromfrom G1544;

King James+ lighten the ship.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ekbolas	ekbolais
object accusative	ekbolan1×ἐκβολὴν	ekbolain
direct address vocative	ekbolar	ekbolair
of, belonging to genitive	ekbolau	ekbolaiu
to, for dative	ekbola	ekbolai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ekbolstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ekbola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ekbolan“* throwing the cargo overboard,”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 27:18“* throwing the cargo overboard,”sfodrōs de cheimazirōtoiu nu ta hexēs ekbolan poiele,We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.