jettisoning

Greek Noun Female

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)

jettisoning

Greek Noun Female

ἐκβολ-ή, ἡ, (ἐκβάλλω) throwing out, ψήφων ἐ. casting the votes out of the urn, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) jettisoning of cargo, [NT+4th c.BC+] (but simply, unloading, [Refs] casting out of it, getting rid of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) expulsion, banishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dislodgement, ejection, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) divorce, repudiation, γυναικός [Refs 4th c.AD+] III) letting fall or drop, δακρύων ἐκβολαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. [ὀδόντων] casting or shedding of teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) expulsion of a foetus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) ἐ. σίτου the time when the corn comes into ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.3) shoot, καυλοῦ [Refs 1st c.AD+] V) putting out of a joint, dislocation, ἐκβολαὶ τῶν ἄρθρων [Refs 1st c.AD+] VI) putting forth, exposing, μαστῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] VII) debouchure, outlet, ἐ. Πηνειοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mouth of a river, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pass leading out of a chain of mountains, αἱ ἐκβολαὶ τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII.2) by-way, ἐ. ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς εὐθείας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]digression, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII.3) close of a verse, [Refs] VII.4) projection, στόματος a snout, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] VIII) (from passive), that which is cast out, δικέλλης ἐ. earth thrown up by a mattock, upcast, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐρεία ἐ. children cast or exposed on the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VIII.2) cargo thrown overboard, jetsam, πλὴν ἐκβολῆς, ἣν ἂν.ἐκβάλωνται Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so ἐκβολαὶ νεώς wrecked seamen, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IX) in Music, interval of five διέσεις, [Refs 1st c.AD+] X) ={ἐκβολάς} I, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo; + lighten the ship; from g1544 (ἐκβάλλω)