ἐκβολήekbolḗ
GreekG15461 occurrences (KJV)
ejection, i.e. (specially) a throwing overboard of the cargo
KJV renders it: + lighten the ship
Where it appears
- Acts 27:18As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.