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'Hoisting' in the Bible

And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach.

Verse ConceptsAnchorsShipsAbandoning ThingsUndoing Fasteningssailing

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ἐπαίρω 
Epairo 
lift up , exalt self , take up , hoisted up
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