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βρᾰβ-εύω

brabeuo

act as judge

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Where it lives

Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k

What it meant

βρᾰβ-εύω · brab-euō — LSJ

act as judge, umpire, preside

act as judge or umpire, ἐν τῇ κληρώσει τὴν τύχην βραβεύσειν Isoc. 7.23; ὀρθῶς β. Axiop. 2.7; preside at an election, Plu. Cat.Mi. 44.

II arbitrate, decide on

c. acc., arbitrate, decide on, τὰ τῶν ἄλλων δίκαια D. 3.27, cf. Arist. Ath. 9.2; κρίσεις Plu. Cic. 35; δικαστήριον ib. 9; ἅμιλλαν Id. Sollert. 2.960a, etc.: c. acc. et dat., ἀγῶνα ἰσχυρὸν ἐβράβευσεν αὐτῷ LXX Wi. 10.12; προσήκει βασιλεῖ τὰ δίκαια β. τοῖς ὑπηκόοις Muson. 8p.33H.:—Pass., βραβευθήσεται τὰ τοῦ πολέμου τῷ νενικηκότι J. AJ 6.9.1; τὰ παρά τινι βραβευόμενα Isoc. 5.70; συνέβη . . τὴν κρίσιν βραβευθῆναι SIG 685.37 (Cret.).

2 direct, control

direct, control, Michel 163.10 (Delos), AP 12.56 (Mel.); νοῦς β. πάντα Ph. 1.94:—Pass., Plb. 6.4.3, Plu. Pel. 13; πάντων ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου -ομένων Phld. Herc. 1251.7.

In the wild

βραβεύειν · brabeuein Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..9 (DIORISIS sentence 118)
βραβεύειν · brabeuein Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 672)
βραβεύειν · brabeuein Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 722)
βραβευέτω · brabeuetō New Testament, Colossians 3.15 (DIORISIS sentence 38)
ἐβράβευσεν · ebrabeusen Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 10

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