Strong's Lexicon
G2603 — καταβραβεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2603 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καταβραβεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G1018 (in its original sense) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | katabrabeuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ab-rab-yoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to award the price against 2. (figuratively) to defraud (of salvation) |
| KJV Renderings: | beguile of reward |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταβραβεύω, imperative 3 person singular καταβραβευέτω; (properly, βραβεύω to be an umpire in a contest, κατά namely, τίνος, against one); "to decide as umpire against one, to declare him unworthy of the prize; to defraud of the prize of victory": τινα, metaphorically, to deprive of salvation, Col 2:18, where cf. Meyer (Lightfoot, especially Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii.). (Eustathius ad Iliad 1, 93, 33 (vss. 402f) καταβραβευει αὐτόν, ὡς φασίν οἱ παλαιοι; but in the earlier Greek writings that have come down to us, it is found only in (pseudo-) dem. adv. middle, p. 544 at the end, where it is used of one who by bribing the judges causes another to be condemned.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
καταβραβεύω (beguile of reward)
Colossians 2:18
- KJV: no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels intruding into those things which he hath not seen vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind
- GK: μηδείς υμάς καταβραβεύετω θέλων εν ταπεινοφροσύνη και θρησκεία των αγγέλων α μη εώρακεν εμβατεύων εική φυσιούμενος υπό του νοός της σαρκός αυτού