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G4261 προβάλλω (probállō)
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προβάλλω v. I put forth

Strong's Definition

from 4253 and 906; to throw forward, i.e. push to the front, germinate

KJV Usage: put forward, shoot forth

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor.subj. προβάλω | βάλλω

23.195 · Physiological Processes and States · Grow, Growth

to sprout, to sprout leaves to begin vegetative growth, with special emphasis upon the sprouting of leaves The initial stages of growth, either of a plant as a whole or in the renewal of foliage after a winter or dry season, may be expressed in a number of ways, for example, ‘to become green again,’ ‘to show leaves,’ ‘to see leaves begin,’ or ‘when leaves unfold.’

LUK 21:30 · ACT 19:33

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προ-βάλλω ; 2 aor. προέβαλον ; fr. Hom. down; to throw forward [cf. πρό, d. a.]; of trees, to shoot forth, put out, se. leaves; to germinate, [cf. B. § 130, 4; W. 593 (552)] (with καρπόν added, Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 19; Epict. 1, 15, 7): Lk. xxi. 30; to push forward, thrust forward, put forward: twa, Acts xix. 33.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προβάλλω proballō 2x

to cast before, project; to put or urge forward, Acts 19:33; to put forth, as a tree its blossoms, etc., Lk. 21:30*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προ-βάλλω,

[in LXX for חוּד, מרק, etc.;]

to throw before.

to put forward: c. acc., Ac 19:33; of trees, to put forth, produce (sc. φύλλα), Lk 21:30.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προβάλλω, “put forward’ (Ac 193%): cf. P Ryl II. 7753 (a.p. 192) ἐμάθομεν τὸν ᾿Αχιλλέα προβαλόμενον ἑαυτὸν (‘put himself forward ᾽) εἰς ἐξηγ(ητείαν), P Oxy XII. 1424 (c. Α.Ὁ. 318) φησὶν προβεβλῆσθαι eis λειτουργίαν, ‘he says that he has been appointed to a public office” (Edd.), and from the inserr. Sy// 732 (=*%1104)** (B.c. 37-6) ἡ σύνοδος. .. ὁμοθυμαδὸν προεβάλετο τοὺς εἰσοίσοντας αὐτοῖς τὰς καθηκούσας τιμάς, 126. 364 (-- 3797) (A.D. 37) φίλους τε κρινεῖν, οὺς ἂν αὐτὸς προαιρῆται, καὶ ἐχθρούς, ods ἂν αὐτὸς προβάληται. See also P Grenf I. 11+ 14-13 (8.6. 157). For προβολή, see P Tebt I. 5% (B.c. 118) with the editors’ note, also PSI VI. 666!° (iii/g.c.) and P Flor II. 153)° (A.D. 268).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

προβάλλω (proballō) — to put forth. προβάλλω, future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα: Epic dialect aorist 2 προβάλεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+] has only aorist active and middle without augment:—throw or lay before, throw to, Νότος Βορέῃ προβάλεσκε [σχεδίην] φέρεσθαι [same place]; τοὺς μαζοὺς κυσὶ προέβαλε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὶ δέμας, of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. put forward, π. πρόβλημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄμφω τὰ δεξιὰ προβεβληκώς, of a horse, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (also middle, τὰ ἀριστερὰ προβάλλονται [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b in obstetrics, present, active and passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. ἔριδα προβαλόντες putting forth strife, i.e. striving, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.3. put forward as an argument or plea, ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν προὔβαλες [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸν ὑφ᾽ ἁπάντων προβαλλόμενον λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. middle, put forward, propose for an office, λῃτουργεῖν π. γυμνασίαρχον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. propound a question, task, problem, riddle (compare πρόβλημα IV), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴνιγμα, γρῖφον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὰπορίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, προβάλλεται τάδε θεωρῆσαι, περὶ τοῦ κώνου προβεβλημένα ἐστὶ τάδε, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.6. put forth beyond, κάρα.. ὀχημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. expose, give up, π. σφέας αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ give themselves up for lost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]hazard, venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. send forth, emit, τράγου ὀσμήν variant (for προσ-) in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; produce, καρπόν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, with genitive, to be emitted from, αἱ τῶν θεῶν δυνάμεις προβεβλημέναι τῶν πρώτων [Refs 5th c.AD+]

V. intransitive, stick out, of the tongue, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

V.2. fall forward, εἰς τὸ μέτωπον [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle with perfect passive (used also in passive sense, see below):— throw or toss before one, οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, throw away, expose, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 set before or in front, θεμείλιά τε προβάλοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.3 set before oneself, propose to oneself, ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.4 put forward, propose for election, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.5 with dative et infinitive, challenge a person to..,π. μοι [ὀμόσαι] Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, of the oath, to be proposed as a challenge, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.II throw beyond, beat in throwing: hence, surpass, excel, with genitive person et dative of things, ἐγὼ δέ κε σεῖο νοήματί γε προβαλοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.III hold before oneself so as to protect, λαιᾷ ἴτυν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; π. τὰ ὅπλα level arms, opposed to μεταβάλλεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive, σάρισαν προβεβλημένος having his pike advanced, with levelled pike, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τάφρον, ποταμόν, of a general, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τὰ θηρία πρὸ τῶν κεράτων, λογχοφόρους τῆς δυνάμεως, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, stand in front, πρὸ ἀμφοῖν προβεβλημένος standing so as to cover both, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προαίρεσις τῆς πολιτείας προβεβλημένη a guarded policy, [Refs]; πρὸς ἅπαντας -βεβλημένος on one's guard against, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἱππῆς προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.III.2 metaphorically, put forward, τὴν ἀγαθὴν προβαλλόμενος ἐλπίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.2.b bring forward, cite on one's own part, in defence, τὸν Ὅμηρον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ προβαλόμενος one who has brought evidence, Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; cite as an example, ἔθνος οὐδὲν ἔχομεν προβαλέσθαι σοφίης πέρι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; use as an excuse or pretext, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σκῆψιν, πρόφασιν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B.IV in Attic dialect law, accuse a person by προβολή (see. προβολή see), present him as guilty of the offence, προὐβαλόμην ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον περὶ τὴν ἑορτήν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινα alone, [Refs]; ὁ προβαλλόμενος the prosecutor in a προβολή, [Refs]:—passive, to be accused or presented, προὐβλήθησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, attack, censure, τὸ ἔθος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπαινεῖν, [Refs]

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