Forms of the word

Dictionary
βολίζω
Greek transliteration
bolizō
Simplified transliteration
bolizo
Principal Parts
-, ἐβόλισα, -, -, -

Numbers

Strong's number
1001
GK Number
1075

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-2a(1)
Gloss
to take a sounding (a nautical technical term)
Definition
to take soundings, sound, Acts 27:28*

Greek-English Concordance for βολίζω

Acts 27:28 So they took (bolisantes | βολίσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) soundings and found twenty fathoms; and after a short distance they took (bolisantes | βολίσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) soundings (bolisantes | βολίσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) again and found fifteen fathoms.

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