bolizo describes taking a sounding that finds a measured depth of water.

The attested use describes taking a sounding to determine depth: Acts 27:28 reports successive measurements after the action.

1. Taking a depth sounding · dominant

   In Acts 27:28, βολίσαντες is an aorist active nominative plural masculine participle in the sequence of actions that yields measured depths. The APB renders the clause, “They sounded and found twenty fathoms; then after passing a little they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.”

   Acts 27:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:28, the APB presents the action twice as “sounded,” followed by the depths found.