Lexicon brabeuó: to act as umpire Original Word: βραβεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: brabeuó Phonetic Spelling: (brab-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I rule, arbitrate Definition: (lit: to act as arbiter in the games), I rule, arbitrate. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1018 brabeúō – properly, "act as an umpire" (this is also the meaning of this term in classical Greek, as with Isocrates and Demosthenes, etc.); (figuratively) the peace (wholeness) from Christ that He uses to assure (confirm) a believer they are living in His preferred-will (cf. 2307 /thélēma). See 1017 (brabeion). 1018 /brabeúō ("decide as an umpire") means to arbitrate, i.e. "making the call" in "a conflict between contending forces" (Souter), used only in Col 3:15. [This is also the meaning of 1018 /brabeúō in the papyri.)] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as brabeionDefinitionto act as umpire NASB Translationrule (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1018: βραβεύωβραβεύω; in Greek writings from Isocrates and Demosthenes down; 1. "to be a βραβεύς or umpire" (see βραβεῖον). 2. to decide, determine. 3. to direct, control, rule: Colossians 3:15 (where see Meyer; contra, Lightfoot Compare: καταβραβεύω.)
Strong's rule. From the same as brabeion; to arbitrate, i.e. (genitive case) to govern (figuratively, prevail) -- rule. see GREEK brabeion |
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