Freight - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Freight

[ 1,,G1546, ekbole ]
lit., a throwing out" (from ekballo, "to throw out"), denotes "a jettison, a throwing out of cargo," Acts 27:18, lit., "they made a throwing out," RV, "they began to throw the freight overboard," AV, "they lightened the ship." In the Sept., Exodus 11:1; Jonah 1:5.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words