Quick Definition
I suborn, instruct privately
Strong's Definition
to throw in stealthily, i.e. introduce by collusion
Derivation: from G5259 (ὑπό) and G906 (βάλλω);
KJV Usage: suborn
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑποβάλλω: 2 aorist ὑπέβαλον; (from Homer down);
1. to throw or put under.
2. to suggest to the mind.
3. to instruct privately, instigate, suborn: τινα, Act_6:11 (ὑπεβληθησαν κατήγοροί, Appendix, bell. 104:1, 74; μηνυτής τίς ὑπόβλητος, Josephus, b. j. 5, 10, 4).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποβάλλω hypoballō 1x
to cast under; met. to suggest, instigate, Act_6:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ὑπο -βάλλω ,
[in LXX : ?? Dan_3:9 A, 1Es_2:18 * ;]
to throw or put under. Metaph .,
(a) to subject, submit;
(b) to suggest, whisper, prompt;
(c) to suborn ( v. Field, Notes , 113), instigate : c . acc pers ., Act_6:11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑποβάλλω [page 656]
ὑποβάλλω in the rare sense of suborn is found in the NT only in Act_6:11 , where Field ( Notes , p. 113) cites from Stephanus Appian B.C. i. 74 ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις , ἐς ὑπόκρισιν ἀρχῆς ἐννόμου , μετὰ τοσούσδε φόνους ἀκρίτους ὑπεβλήθησαν κατήγοροι τῷ ἱερεῖ τοῦ Διὸς Μερόλᾳ . For a somewhat similar use of ὑπόβλητος , cf. P Oxy II. 257 .42 (A.D. 94 5) ὀμν [ύω ] . . . εἶνα [ι ἐκ τῆς ] Ἰσιδώρας τὸν Θεογένην . [. . . . . . .] καὶ μὴ θέσει μ [ηδ ]ὲ ὑπόβλητο [ν , I swear that Theogenes is the son of Isidora, and neither adopted nor supposititious (Edd.), similarly ib. X. 1266 .34 (A.D. 98), and ib. XIV. 1630 .9 (A.D. 222?) Ἰσιδώρου ὑποβλήτῳ χρησαμένῳ ( = -ένου ) [ὀνόματι ?, Isodorus using a false name. In Gnomon 70 ( = BGU V. p. 28) ὑπόβλητοι refers to dummy persons.
Ὑποβάλλω in the more literal sense of subject, submit, occurs in P Oxy XII. 1468 .7 ( c. A.D. 258) τοῖς κακουργεῖν προχείρως ἔχουσιν τέχνῃ . . . τοῖς ἐκ τῶν νόμων ὡρισμένοις ἐπιτειμίοις ὑποβάλλει ἡ σὴ εὔτονος καὶ περὶ πάντα ἀκοίμητος πρόνοια , the wicked designs of those who are ready to commit crimes by artifice are subjected to the decreed penalties of the laws by your active and in all cases unresting vigilance (Edd.), ib. VIII.1101 .25 (A.D. 367 70) ἐὰν δὲ ῃ ] βουλευτή̓ , δ̣ημεύσει ὑποβάλλω , and if he is a senator, I subject him to confiscation of property (Ed.).
For the meaning suggest, prompt, cf. ib. XVI. 1837 .8 (early vi/A.D.) ὑποβάλλι τῷ μεγαλοπρε (πεστάτῳ ), he is suggesting to his magnificence (Edd.). From this it is an easy transition to nominate, as in ib. VI. 900 .6 (A.D. 332) ὑποβληθέντος ὲ̣τ̣ι εἰς κονδουκτορίαν , being nominated besides as contractor, and .8 ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐνιαυσίως εἰς τοῦτο ὑπ [ο ]βαλλομένων , on behalf of the annual nominees to this office.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑποβάλλω epic ὑβ-βάλλω fut. -βαλῶ perf. -βέβληκα "to throw, put or lay under", Od. ; τί τινι Eur. "to lay under", as a foundation, Aeschin. "to subject, submit", ἐχθροῖς ἐμαυτόν Eur. Mid. "to substitute" another's child "for one's own", Lat. supponere, Hdt. , Plat. , etc. "to suggest, whisper", as a prompter does, Il. , Plat. , etc.: Mid. "to make false suggestions", Soph. in Mid. "to appropriate", Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-βάλλω
[in LXX: ??Dan.3:9 A, I Est.2:18 * ;]
to throw or put under. Metaphorical,
__(a) to subject, submit;
__(b) to suggest, whisper, prompt;
__(with) to suborn (see Field, Notes, 113), instigate: with accusative of person(s), Act.6:11.†
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