throwing overboard of the cargo

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

uitworp

a throwing out, a jettisoning of cargo to lighten a ship.

jettisoning

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

+ lighten the ship

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)