Original Word: βάλλω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: balló
Pronunciation: BAL-lo
Phonetic Spelling: (bal'-lo)
Definition: To throw, cast, put, place
Meaning: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7993 (שָׁלַךְ, shalak): To throw, cast, hurl

- H3384 (יָרָה, yarah): To throw, shoot, cast

Usage: The Greek verb "βάλλω" (balló) primarily means to throw or cast. It is used in various contexts in the New Testament, ranging from the literal act of throwing or casting objects to more metaphorical uses, such as casting out demons or casting lots. The term can also imply placing or putting something in a specific location.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, the act of throwing or casting was a common activity, whether in daily life, sports, or religious practices. Casting lots, for example, was a method used to make decisions or discern divine will, reflecting a cultural practice that appears in both Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. The concept of casting out, particularly in the context of exorcism, was also significant in the cultural and religious milieu of the time.

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
to throw, cast
NASB Translation
bring (2), cast (15), casting (3), casts (3), contributors (1), laid (1), lying (3), lying sick (1), place (1), poured (4), put (22), puts (2), putting (4), rushed (1), swung (2), threw (12), throw (16), thrown (27), tossing (1).

STRONGS NT 906: βάλλω

βάλλω; future βάλω; 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 ἐβεβλημην; 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 τινα ῥαπισμασι to smite one with slaps, to buffet, Mark 14:65 Rec. (an imitation of the phrases, τινα βάλλειν λίθοις, βελεσι, τόξοις, etc., κακοῖς, ψόγῳ, σκωμμασι, 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 τίνι or τινα, John 8:(),; χοῦν ἐπί τάς κεφαλάς, Revelation 18:19 (WH marginal reading ἐπέβαλον); κονιορτόν εἰς τόν ἀέρα, Acts 22:23; τί εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, Mark 9:42; Revelation 8:8; Revelation 18:21; εἰς τό 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 γηνναν, Matthew 5:(29),30 (R G); Mark 9:47; εἰς τήν γῆν, Revelation 8:5, 7; Revelation 12:4, 9, 13; εἰς τήν ληνόν, Revelation 14:19; εἰς τήν λίμνην, Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10, 14f; εἰς τήν 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 τινα εἰς κλίνην, Revelation 2:22; passive to lie sick abed, be prostrated by sickness: βέβλημαι ἐπί κλίνης, Matthew 9:2; Mark 7:30 (R G L marginal reading); with ἐπί κλίνης omitted, Matthew 8:6, 14, cf. Luke 16:20; τινα εἰς φυλακήν, to cast one into prison, Matthew 5:25; Matthew 18:30; Luke 12:58; Luke 23:19 (R G L),25; John 3:24; Acts 16:23f, 37; Revelation 2:10; (βάλλειν ἐπί τινα τήν 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) ἐπί τήν γῆν, Matthew 10:34, which phrase gave rise to another found in the same passage, viz., βάλλειν εἰρήνην ἐπί τήν γῆν, to cast (send) peace; ἔξω, to cast out or forth: Matthew 5:13; Matthew 13:48; Luke 14:35 (34); 1 John 4:18; John 15:6; ἑαυτόν κάτω to cast oneself down: Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:9; ἑαυτόν εἰς τήν θάλασσαν, John 21:7; passive in a reflexive sense (Buttmann, 52 (45)), βλήθητι, Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:23; τί 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, LutherschossausihremMunde); 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) note{1}; 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 (); (κυβους, Plato, legg. 12, p. 968 e. and in other writings). to scatter: κοπρία (Rec.st] κοπρίαν), Luke 13:8; seed ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Mark 4:26; εἰς κῆπον, Luke 13:19. to throw, cast, into: ἀργύριον εἰς τόν κορβανᾶν (L marginal reading Tr marginal reading κορβᾶν), Matthew 27:6; χαλκόν, δῶρα, etc., εἰς τό γαζοφυλάκιον, Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4, cf. John 12:6. βάλλειν τί τίνι, to throw, cast, a thing to: τόν ἄρτον τοῖς κυναρίοις, Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:21; ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 7:6; ἐνώπιον τίνος, 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 τόν πιθον, Epictetus 4, 13, 12; of rivers, ῥων εἰς ἅλα, Ap. Rhod. 2, 401, etc.; the Sept. Judges 6:19 (Ald., Complutensian)); to pour out, ἐπί τίνος, Matthew 26:12.

3. to move, give motion to, not with force yet with attention and for a purpose; εἰς τί, to put into, insert: Mark 7:33 (τούς δακτύλους εἰς τά ὦτα); John 20:25, 27; John 18:11; χαλινούς εἰς τό 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 τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to suggest, John 13:2 (τί ἐν θυμῷ τίνος, Homer, Odyssey 1, 201; 14, 269; εἰς νοῦν, schol. ad Pindar Pythagoras 4, 133; others; ἐμβάλλειν εἰς νοῦν τίνι, Plutarch, vit. Timol c. 3). (Compare: ἀμφιβάλλω, ἀναβάλλω, ἀντιβάλλω, ἀποβάλλω, διαβάλλω, ἐκβάλλω, ἐμβάλλω, παρεμβάλλω, ἐπιβάλλω, καταβάλλω, μεταβάλλω, παραβάλλω, περιβάλλω, προβάλλω, συμβάλλω, ὑπερβάλλω, ὑποβάλλω.)

cast out, send, throw down, thrust

A primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense) -- arise, cast (out), X dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare rhipto.

see GREEK rhipto

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