προβάλλω; 2 aorist προεβαλον; from Homer down; to throw forward (cf. πρό, d. α.); of trees, to shoot forth, put out, namely, leaves; to germinate (cf. Buttmann, § 130, 4; Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)) (with καρπόν, added, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 19; Epict. 1, 15, 7): Luk_21:30; to push forward, thrust forward, put forward: τινα, Act_19:33.

προβάλλω proballō 2x to cast before, project; to put or urge forward, Act_19:33 ; to put forth, as a tree its blossoms, etc., Luk_21:30

προ -βάλλω , [in LXX for H2330 , H4838 , etc.;] 1. to throw before. 2. to put forward: c . acc , Act_19:33 ; of trees, to put forth, produce ( sc . φύλλα ), Luk_21:30 .†

προβάλλω [page 537] put forward ( Act_19:33 ) : cf. P Ryl II. 77 .43 (A.D. 192) ἐμάθομεν τὸν Ἀχιλλέα προβαλόμενον ἑαυτὸν ( put himself forward ) εἰς ἐξηγ (ητείαν ), P Oxy XII. 1424 .5 ( c. A.D. 318) φησὶν προβεβλῆσθαι εἰς λειτουργίαν , he says that he has been appointed to a public office (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Syll 732 (= .3 1104) .29 (B.C. 37 6) ἡ σύνοδος . . . ὁμοθυμαδὸν προεβάλετο τοὺς εἰσοίσοντας αὐτοῖς αὐτοῖς τὰς καθηκούσας τιμάς , ib. 364 (= .3 797) .23 (A.D. 37) φίλους τε κρινεῖν , οὓν ἂν αὐτὸς προαιρῆται , καὶ ἐχθρούς , οὓς ἂν αὐτὸς προβάληται . See also P Grenf I. 11 i. 14, ii. 13 (B.C. 157). For προβολή , see P Tebt I. 5 .225 (B.C. 118) with the editors note, also PSI VI. 666 .10 (iii/B.C.) and P Flor II. 153 .10 (A.D. 268).

προβάλλω fut. -βα^λῶ perf. -βέβληκα aor2 προέβα^λον attic προὔβαλον ionic προβάλεσκον "to throw before, throw or toss to", Lat. projicere, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε [σχεδίην] Od. ; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε Hdt. "to put forward", i. e. "to begin", ἔριδα προβαλόντες Il. "to put forward" as a "defence" or plea, Soph. , Eur. :—Pass., Thuc. "to propose for an office", Andoc. "to propose" a problem, riddle (cf. πρόβλημα IV), Ar. , etc. "to put forth beyond", τί τινος Soph. πρ. ἑαυτόν "to give" oneself "up for lost", Lat. spem abjicere, Hdt. ; so, πρ. ἐμαυτὸν εἰς δεινὰς ἀράς Soph. Mid. with perf. pass. (which is used also in pass. sense):— "to throw or toss before one", οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο Hom. : "to throw away, expose", Soph. "to lay before or first", θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο Il. "to set before oneself, propose to oneself", ἔργον Hes. "to propose for election", Lat. designare, Hdt. , attic:— Pass. "to be so proposed", Hdt. "to throw beyond, beat in throwing;" and so, "to surpass, excel", c. gen. pers. et dat. rei, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην Il. "to hold before oneself", τὼ χεῖρε Ar. ; πρ. τὰ ὅπλα, i. e. "to present" arms, whether for offensive or defensive purposes, Xen. ;—so, in perf. pass., κοντὸν προβεβλημένος "having" a pole "advanced", with levelled pole, Luc. ; also, προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους "having" them "to cover" one "in front", Xen. :—absol. "to stand in front, stand on the defensive", id=Xen. ; προαίρεσις προβεβλημένη a "defensive" system, Dem. :— c. gen., προβεβλῆσθαί τινος "to stand before, shield" him, id=Dem. metaph. "to put forward", id=Dem. :— "to bring forward or cite in defence", Plat. : "to cite as an example", Hdt. :— "to use as an excuse or pretext", Thuc. :— προβέβληνται (in mid. sense), id=Thuc. as attic law-term, "to present or accuse" a person before the Ecclesia by the process called προβολή (v. προβολή IV); ὁ προβαλλόμενος "the prosecutor" in a προβολή, Dem. :—Pass. "to be accused", Xen.

προ-βάλλω [in LXX for חוּד, מָרַק, etc. ;] __1. to throw before. __2. to put forward: with accusative, Act.19:33; of trees, to put forth, produce (sc. φύλλα), Luk.21:30.† (AS)