King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2603
Transliteration: katabrabeuō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ab-rab-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give judgment against
Meaning: to give judgment against
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, Colossians 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.)
Word Summary
katabrabeuō: to give judgment against
Original Word: καταβραβεύωTransliteration: katabrabeuō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ab-rab-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give judgment against
Meaning: to give judgment against
Strong's Concordance
beguile of reward. From kata and brabeuo (in its original sense); to award the price against, i.e. (figuratively) to defraud (of salvation) -- beguile of reward.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK brabeuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2603: καταβραβεύωκαταβραβεύω, 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, Colossians 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.)