Dictionaries :: Light, Lighten (As to Weight)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Light, Lighten (As to Weight):

"light in weight, easy to bear," is used of the burden imparted by Christ, Mat 11:30; of affliction, 2Cr 4:17.

Light, Lighten (As to Weight):

"to make light, lighten" (the adjective kouphos, not in NT, denotes "slight, light, empty"), is used of "lightening" the ship, in Act 27:38.

Note: For the phrase in Act 27:18, AV, "they lightened the ship,"
See FREIGHT.

Light, Lighten (As to Weight):

"lightness," 2Cr 1:17, AV: see FICKLENESS.