3 occurrences

'Hoisting' in the Bible

Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,Nor spread out the sail.Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;Even the lame will take the plunder.

Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

After hoisting the skiff [on board], they used support lines [for frapping] to undergird and brace the ship’s hull; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis [off the north coast of Africa], they let down the sea anchor and lowered the sails and were driven along [backwards with the bow into the wind].

Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

So they cut the cables and severed the anchors and left them in the sea while at the same time unlashing the ropes of the rudders; and after hoisting the foresail to the wind, they headed steadily for the beach.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing

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ἐπαίρω 
Epairo 
lift up , exalt self , take up , hoisted up
Usage: 14