Redirected from βολιϲατεϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΒΟΛΙΣΑΤΕΣ, βολισατες
BOLISATES, bolisates
Sounds Like: boh-lee-SAH-tes
Translations: cast, throw, sound, take soundings
From the root: ΒΟΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the second person plural, aorist active indicative or imperative form of the verb ΒΟΛΙΖΩ (bolizo). It means 'you cast' or 'you throw' (indicative), or 'cast!' or 'throw!' (imperative). In a nautical context, it specifically refers to 'taking soundings' or 'heaving the lead' to measure the depth of water, which involves casting a lead weight into the sea. It describes the action of throwing something, often with a specific purpose like measuring depth.
Inflection: Second Person Plural, Aorist Active, Indicative or Imperative
Strong’s number: G0906 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 27:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΛΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΟΛΙΖΩ — to sound, to heave the lead, to take soundings, to fathom
- ΒΟΛΙΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having sounded, having taken soundings, having cast the lead
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