Quick Definition
καταβραβεύω v. I decide against, condemn
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 1018 (in its original sense); to award the price against, i.e. (figuratively) to defraud (of salvation)
KJV Usage: beguile of reward
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βραβεύω
30.121 · Think · To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge
to disqualify, to condemn, to judge as not worthy of a reward, to deprive of a reward to judge as a referee that someone is not worthy to receive a prize
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-βραβεύω, impy. 3 pers. sing. καταβραβευέτω ; (prop. BpaBevo to be an umpire in a contest, κατά 56. τινός, against one); to decide as umpire against one, to declare him unworthy of the prize; to defraud of the prize of victory: τινά, metaph., to deprive of salvation, Col. ii. 18, where cf. Meyer, [Bp. Lghtft., esp. Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii.]. (Eustath. ad II. 1, 93, 33 (vss. 402 sq.) καταBpaBever αὐτόν, Ss φασιν οἱ παλαιοί; but in the earlier Grk. writ. that have come down to us, it is found only in [pseudo-] Dem. adv. Mid. p. 544 end, where it is used of one who by bribing the judges causes another to be condemned.) * 1. a throw-
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταβραβεύω katabrabeuō 1x
pr. to give an unfavorable decision as respects a prize; hence, to decide against, Col. 2:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κατα-βραβεύω
(< βραβεύς, an umpire, cf. βραβεῖον),
to give judgment against, condemn (v. Field, Notes, 196; Abbott, Essays, 104 f.): Col 2:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταβραβεύω. This rare verb (Col 218) is found in a Ptolemaic dispute regarding succession, Pretsigke 4512: (B.c. 167-134) ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι [... 2... - + +e Τήρου συνερι[ο]ν ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίν[η]ται, συντάξαι κτλ. See also s.v. βραβεύω, and cf. Vett. Val. p. 344° δοκεῖ δὲ καθὼς ὁρῶμεν ἡ γῆ καταβραβεύειν τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπέχουσα αὐτὴ τὰ πάντα ὡς πρόγονος. A certain sense of ‘‘ assumption” and ὁ“ officialism” connected with the word may have led Paul to prefer it to κατακρίνω in Col /.c.: see Fiell Noses, p. 196.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταβραβεύω (katabrabeuō) — to disqualify. καταβρᾰβεύω, give judgement against one as βραβεύς, and so, deprive one of the prize, deprive one of one's right, with accusative, [NT+8th c.BC+]passive, ὑπὸ Μειδίου καταβραβευθέντα being cast in his suit by means of Meidias, Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with genitive, rule over, ἡ γῆ κ. τῶν λοιπῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]