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Light, Lighten
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"light in weight, easy to bear," is used of the burden imparted by Christ, Matthew 11:30; of affliction, 2 Corinthians 4:17 .
"to make light, lighten" (the adjective kouphos, not in NT, denotes "slight, light, empty"), is used of "lightening" the ship, in Acts 27:38 .
Note: For the phrase in Acts 27:18 , AV, "they lightened the ship," See FREIGHT."lightness," 2 Corinthians 1:17 , AV: see FICKLENESS.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Light, Lighten'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/light-lighten.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Light, Lighten'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/light-lighten.html. 1940.
