Quick Definition
προβιβάζω v. I urge forward
Strong's Definition
from 4253 and a reduplicated form of 971; to force forward, i.e. bring to the front, instigate
KJV Usage: draw, before instruct
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-βιβάζω: 1 aor. 3 pers. plur. προεβίβασαν ; 1 aor. pass. ptep. fem. προβιβασθεῖσα ; 1. prop. to cause to go forward, to lead forward, to bring forward, drag forward: Acts xix. 33 RG[(fr. Soph. down) ]. 2. metaph. i. 4. προτρέπω, to incite, instigate, urge forward, set on; to induce by persuasion: Mt. xiv. 8 (εἴς τι, Xen. mem. 1,5,1; Plat. Prot. p. 328 b.; [in Deut. vi. 7 Sept. with an aceus. of the thing (and of the pers.) i. q. to teach]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προβιβάζω probibazō 1x
to cause any one to advance, to lead forward; met. to incite, instigate, Mt. 14:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ-βιβάζω, causal of προβαίνω,
[in LXX: Ex 35:34 (ירה hi.), De 6:7 (שׁנן pi.)*;]
to lead forward, lead on; metaph., to induce, incite, urge: Mt 14:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προβιβαζω 110 138 (a.p. 94) ἵ[ν]α τὰ πρόβατα ἐκεῖ κοιμηθῆι, “that the sheep may be folded there,” and CPR I. 401} (4.0. 301) (ἄρουραι) 7 πρὸς κατανομὴν προβάτων. For the φόρος προβάτων, ‘sheep-tax,” see Wilcken Os¢r. i. p. 286. Πρόβατον occurs as a nickname (for a man ?) in P Tebt I. 180 (B.c. 92 or 59). In P Ryl II. 73° (B.c. 33-30) mention is made of a προβατοκτηνότροφος, “‘ sheepherdsman”: cf. OGZS 6554 (B.c. 25-4), where Dittenberger’s note now needs correction. Προβατών, ‘‘a sheep-pen,” occurs in P Cairo Zen I. 590682 (B.c. 257), and προβατίων, “ἐᾷ sheep-stall,” in BGU IV. 11301? (B.C. 11).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προβιβάζω (probibazō) — to prompt. προβῐβ-άζω, future -άσω[Refs 2nd c.AD+], Attic dialect προβῐβῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+] — causal of προβαίνω, cause to step forward, lead on, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ προβιβᾷς ἡμᾶς ποτ; to what point, how far do you mean to carry us ? Ar.[same place]; τινὰ εἰς ἀρετήν, εἰς ἐγκράτειαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕως Μακεδονίας τὴν ἀρχήν extend it.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]; push on, οὐδὲν ἠδύνατο π. τῶν ἔργων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be developed, improved, of machines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. push forward, advance, τὸ ὑπερκείμενον τοῦ κρημνοῦ (by building a wall) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; exalt, τὴν πατρίδα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τινὰ ἐς τὰς ἀρχάς promote him, D.C.[same place]; δύναμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. teach, τινάς τι [LXX+1st c.AD+]; put forward as a representative, [NT]:— passive, to be instructed or egged on, ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός [NT]
II. intransitive, ={προβαίνω}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. of a male, mount before, ἄλλην [Refs 4th c.BC+]
