Strong's Lexicon

G2603

G2603 — καταβραβεύω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkatabrabeuoverbOccurrences: 1

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.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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