Quick Definition
ἐμβιβάζω v. I embark, put on board
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and bibazo (to mount; causative of 1684); to place on, i.e. transfer (aboard a vessel)
KJV Usage: put in
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βιβάζω (lift up)
15.96 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Into
to cause to go aboard, to cause to embark to cause someone to go into, as in the case of a boat The causative in this type of context may be expressed simply as ‘he commanded us,’ or the causative may be somewhat weakened to a form such as in English ‘he had us go aboard.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-βιβάζω: 1 aor. ἐνεβίβασα; to put in or on, lead in, cause to enter; as often in the Greek writ. twa eis τὸ πλοῖον : Acts xxvii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμβιβάζω embibazō 1x
to cause to step into or upon; to set in or upon; especially, to put on board, Acts 27:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-βιβάζω
[in LXX: IV Ki 9:23 (רָכַב hi.), Pr 4:11 (דָּרַךְ hi.) * ;]
to set in, put in.
to put on board ship, embark: c. acc pers., seq. εἰς, Ac 27:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐμβιβάζω creditor’s entry into possession of property, e.g. P Lond 1164(a)%1! (A.D. 212) (= III. p. 159) τὰ ἕξης νόμιμα πάντα ἐτελείωσεν pexpl euBadelas . . . . ἀνακομιδῆς τοῦ ἐμβατευθέντος τρίτου μέρους : see also Modica Jxtroduzione, p. 286. The idea of forcible entry (1 Macc 1255 a/.) is well brought out in P Par 141} (ii/B.c.) of ἐγκαλούμενοι δ᾽ ἐμβατεύσαντες els τὴν σημαινομένην οἰκίαν καὶ περιοικοδομήσαντες ἑαυτοῖς οἰκητήρια ἐνοικοῦσιν βιαίως, P Lond 4011" (Β.Ο. 116-111) (=ILI. p. 14) βιαιότερον ἐμβατ[εὐ]σ[α]ς εἰς τὸ δηϊλούμενο]ν ἔδαφος τοῦ ἀμπελ[ῶ]νος. More significant however than any of the above citations for the meaning of the verb in its only occurrence in the NT (Col 218) is its use in the mystery religions to denote the climax of initiation, when the mystés ““sets foot on” the entrance to the new life which he is now to share with the god. The point has been fully examined by Ramsay Teaching of Paul, p. 287 ff., where reference is made to inserr. from Klaros, according to which the inquirer, after being initiated, ἐνεβάτευσεν, ‘set foot on—,” and performed the entire series of rites. From this, according to Ramsay, it would appear that in Col /.c. ἐμβατεύων is to be taken as a quoted word, containing a sarcastic reference to the man of the mysteries with his false worship and fleshly mind. ‘‘ Let no one cozen you of the prize of your life-race, finding satisfaction in self-humiliation and worshipping of angels, ‘taking his stand on’ what he has seen (in the Mysteries), vainly puffed up by his unspiritual mind, and not keeping firm hold on [Christ] the Head.” It will be further noted that this interpretation has the advantage of rendering unnecessary the conjectural emendations of the text proposed by Bishop Lightfoot and Dr. C. Taylor: see also Field Wofes, p. 197f. On the form of the word in which 8 and 7 are freely interchanged, see Mayser Gr. p. 176, and for the technical use of τὸ ἐμβαδικόν as ‘the tax paid by tenants to the owners of the land’’ see Wilcken Osér i. Ῥ. 190f. See also Moulton Gy. ii. ὃ 118(4).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐμβιβάζω (embibazō) — to put on board. ἐμβῐβ-άζω, Attic dialect future -βιβῶ, causal of ἐμβαίνω, set in or on, τινὰ ὡς εἰς ὄχημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be put into, take a bath, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. put on board ship, cause to embark, ἄνδρας ἐς κελήτιον (variant for{ἐσ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, put on board, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἐμβιβασάμενος αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς ναῦς [Refs]
3. lead, guide to a thing, εἰς τὸ λῷστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις πάθεσιν τὸν θεὸν ἐ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. set a dislocated joint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. ἐ. τινὰ εἰς.. put in possession of.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]
6. intransitive, οἱ τῆς σταδιαίας πάλης ἐμβιβάζοντες [Refs 2nd c.AD+]