βραβεύω (βραβεύς, an umpire), [in LXX: Wis.10:12 * ;] (a) prop., to act as umpire; hence, (b) generally, to arbitrate, decide (Isocr., Dem.; Lft., Col., l.with; MM, see word): Col.3:15; (with) in some late writers, to direct, rule, control (so in Col., l.with, accusative to Thayer, see word, Meyer, in l.), (cf. κατα-βραβεύω). † (AS)
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G1018 — βραβεύω
brabeuō · to rule · Greek