Lexicon katabrabeuó: to give judgment against Original Word: καταβραβεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katabrabeuó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ab-rab-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I decide against, condemn Definition: of the umpire in a contest: I decide against, take part against, condemn (perhaps with the idea of assumption, officialism). HELPS word-Studies 2603 katabrabeúō (from 2596 /katá, "down, according to," which intensifies 1018 /brabeúō, "acting as an umpire") – properly, a judge (arbiter) making the wrong call, depriving someone of their rightful prize and reward (used only in Col 2:18). 2603 /katabrabeúō ("to deprive") refers to discouraging (misleading) believers, diverting them from their full potential for receiving their unique glorification (cf. Phil 3:7-14) – i.e "the full-impact" resurrection mentioned in Phil 3:11, Gk text. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kata and brabeus (an umpire) Definitionto give judgment against NASB Translationdefrauding...of...prize (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2603: καταβραβεύωκαταβραβεύω, imperative 3 person singular καταβραβευέτω; (properly, βραβεύω to be an umpire in a contest, κατά namely, τίνος, against one); "to decide as umpire against one, to declare him unworthy of the prize; to defraud of the prize of victory": τινα, metaphorically, to deprive of salvation, Colossians 2:18, where cf. Meyer ( Lightfoot, especially Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii.). ( Eustathius ad Iliad 1, 93, 33 (vss. 402f) καταβραβευει αὐτόν, ὡς φασίν οἱ παλαιοι; but in the earlier Greek writings that have come down to us, it is found only in (pseudo-) dem. adv. middle, p. 544 at the end, where it is used of one who by bribing the judges causes another to be condemned.)
Strong's beguile of reward. From kata and brabeuo (in its original sense); to award the price against, i.e. (figuratively) to defraud (of salvation) -- beguile of reward. see GREEK kata see GREEK brabeuo |
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