βάλλω; future βάλῶ; perfect βέβληκα; 2 aorist ἔβαλον (3 person plural ἔβαλον in Luke 23:34; Acts 16:23, ἔβαλαν, the Alex. form, in Acts 16:37 L T Tr WH; [Revelation 18:19 Lachmann, see WH's Appendix, p. 165 and] for references ἀπέρχομαι at the beginning); passive [present βάλλομαι]; perfect βέβλημαι; pluperfect ἐβεβλήμην; 1 aorist ἐβλήθην; 1 future βληθήσομαι; to throw — either with force, or without force yet with a purpose, or even carelessly;
1. with force and effort: βάλλειν τινὰ ῥαπίσμασι to smite one with slaps, to buffet, Mark 14:65 Rec. (an imitation of the phrases, τινὰ βάλλειν λίθοις, βελεσι, τόξοις, etc., κακοῖς, ψόγῳ, σκώμμασι, etc., in Greek writings; cf. Passow, i., p. 487; [Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 1 and 3]; for the Rec. ἔβαλλον we must read with Fritzsche and Schott ἔβαλον, from which arose ἔλαβον, adopted by L T Tr WH; βαλεῖν and λαβεῖν are often confounded in manuscripts; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 5:6; [Scrivener, Introduction, p. 10]); βάλλειν λίθους ἐπί τινι or τινα, John 8:59 (John 7:59); χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλάς, Revelation 18:19 [WH marginal reading ἐπέβ.]; κονιορτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀέρα, Acts 22:23; τὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, Mark 9:42; Revelation 8:8; Revelation 18:21; εἰς τὸ πῦρ, Matthew 3:10; Matthew 18:8; Luke 3:9; Mark 9:22; John 15:6; εἰς κλίβανον, Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28; εἰς γέενναν, [Matthew 5:29], Matthew 5:30 [R G]; Mark 9:47; εἰς τ. γῆν, Revelation 8:5, 7; Revelation 12:4, 9, 13; εἰς τ. ληνόν, Revelation 14:19; εἰς τ. λιμνήν, Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10, 14f; εἰς τ. ἄβυσσον, Revelation 20:3; absolutely and in the passive to be violently displaced from a position gained, Revelation 12:10 L T Tr WH. an attack of disease is said βάλλειν τινὰ εἰς κλίνην, Revelation 2:22; passive to lie sick abed, be prostrated by sickness: βέβλημαι ἐπὶ κλίνης, Matthew 9:2; Mark 7:30 [R G L marginal reading]; with ἐπὶ κλίνης omitted, Matthew 8:6, 14, cf. Luke 16:20; τινὰ εἰς φυλακήν, to cast one into prison, Matthew 5:25; Matthew 18:30; Luke 12:58; Luke 23:19 [R G L], Luke 23:25; John 3:24; Acts 16:23f, 37; Revelation 2:10; [β. ἐπί τινα τὴν χεῖρα or τάς χεῖρας to lay hand or hands on one, apprehend him, John 7:44 L Tr WH, also 30 L marginal reading]; δρέπανον εἰς γῆν to apply with force, thrust in, the sickle, Revelation 14:19; μάχαιραν βάλλειν (to cast, send) ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Matthew 10:34, which phrase gave rise to another found in the same passage, viz., εἰρήνην βάλλ. ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, to cast (send) peace; ἔξω, to cast out or forth: Matthew 5:13; Matthew 13:48; Luke 14:35 (Luke 14:34); 1 John 4:18; John 15:6; ἑαυτὸν κάτω to cast oneself down: Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:9; ἑαυτὸν εἰς τ. θάλασσαν, John 21:7; passive in a reflexive sense [Buttmann, 52 (45)], βλήθητι, Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23; τὶ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ to cast a thing from oneself, throw it away: Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:8; ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, Revelation 12:15f (cast out of his mouth, Luther schoss aus ihrem Munde); ἐνώπιον with the genitive of place, to cast before (eagerly lay down), Revelation 4:10; of a tree casting its fruit because violently shaken by the wind, Revelation 6:13. Intransitive, to rush (throw oneself [cf. Winers Grammar, 251 (236); 381 (357) note¹; Buttmann, 145 (127)]): Acts 27:14; (Homer, Iliad 11, 722; 23, 462, and other writings; [cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word III. 1]).
2. without force and effort; to throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls: κλῆρον to cast a lot into the urn [B. D. under the word Lot], Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 from Psalm 21:19 (Ps. 22:19); (κύβους, Plato, legg. 12, p. 968 e. and in other writings). to scatter: κόπρια [Rec.^st κοπρίαν], Luke 13:8; seed ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, Mark 4:26; εἰς κῆπον, Luke 13:19. to throw, cast, into: ἀργύριον εἰς τὸν κορβανᾶν [L marginal reading Tr marginal reading κορβᾶν], Matthew 27:6; χαλκόν, δῶρα, etc., εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον, Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4, cf. John 12:6. βᾴλλειν τί τινι, to throw, cast, a thing to: τὸν ἄρτον τοῖς κυναρίοις, Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27; ἔμπροσθέν τινος, Matthew 7:6; ἐνώπιόν τινος, Revelation 2:14 (see σκάνδαλον, b. β.); to give over to one's care uncertain about the result: ἀργύριον τοῖς τραπεζίταις, to deposit, Matthew 25:27. of fluids, to pour, to pour in: followed by εἰς, Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37; John 13:5, (οἶνον εἰς τὸν πιθον, Epictetus 4, 13, 12; of rivers, ῥόον εἰς ἅλα, Ap. Rhod. 2, 401, etc.; Sept. Judges 6:19 [Ald., Complutensian]); to pour out, ἐπί τινος, Matthew 26:12.
3. to move, give motion to, not with force yet with attention and for a purpose; εἴς τι, to put into, insert: Mark 7:33 (τοὺς δακτύλους εἰς τὰ ὦτα); John 20:25, 27; John 18:11; χαλίνους εἰς τὸ στόμα James 3:3; to let down, cast down: John 5:7; Matthew 4:18 [cf. Mark 1:16 Rec.]; Matthew 17:27. Metaphorically: εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τινός, to suggest, John 13:2 (τί ἐν θυμῷ τινος, Homer, Odyssey 1, 201; 14, 269; εἰς νοῦν, schol. ad Pindar Pythagoras 4, 133; others; ἐμβάλλειν εἰς νοῦν τινι, Plutarch, vit. Timol c. 3). [Compare: ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐμ-, παρεμ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, συμ-, ὑπερ-, ὑποβάλλω.]

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