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Lexicon :: Strong's G906 - ballō

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βάλλω
Transliteration
ballō (Key)
Pronunciation
bal'-lo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
mGNT
123x in 44 unique form(s)
TR
125x in 43 unique form(s)
LXX
51x in 24 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:526,91

Strong’s Definitions

βάλλω bállō, bal'-lo; a primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense):—arise, cast (out), × dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare G4496.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's G906 in the following manner: cast (86x), put (13x), thrust (5x), cast out (4x), lay (3x), lie (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x
The KJV translates Strong's G906 in the following manner: cast (86x), put (13x), thrust (5x), cast out (4x), lay (3x), lie (2x), miscellaneous (12x).
  1. to throw or let go of a thing without caring where it falls

    1. to scatter, to throw, cast into

    2. to give over to one's care uncertain about the result

    3. of fluids

      1. to pour, pour into of rivers

      2. to pour out

  2. to put into, insert

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βάλλω bállō, bal'-lo; a primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense):—arise, cast (out), × dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare G4496.
STRONGS G906:
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G906 matches the Greek βάλλω (ballō),
which occurs 51 times in 46 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - So Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come now to you! Am I able to speak anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:38 -

The sons of Benjamin according to their families:

of Bela, the family of the Belaites;

of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites;

of [fn]Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:40 -

And the sons of Bela were [fn]Ard and Naaman:

of Ard, the family of the Ardites;

of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:16 - Out of all these people 700 choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:42 - And Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman came to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they were scattered from the city, each to his tent. Joab also returned to the king at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 -

Now it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he [fn]began to build the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:6 -

The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 -

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five. They were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 recorded by genealogy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:1 -

And Benjamin [fn]became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:3 -

Bela had sons: [fn]Addar, Gera, Abihud,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14 - And the lot to the east fell to [fn]Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he also made devices of war devised by skillful designers to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his [fn]fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 -

Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 -

And the officials of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 -

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 -

“I have seen the ignorant fool taking root,

And I cursed his abode suddenly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:29 -

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;

And his grain will not stretch out over the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 -

“His arrows surround me.

Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;

He pours out my gall on the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 -

“On what were its bases sunk?

Or who laid its cornerstone,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:18 -

They divide my garments among them,

And for my clothing they cast lots.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 -

The sons of Ephraim [fn]were archers equipped with bows,

Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:17 -

Who casts forth His ice as fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 -

Cast in your lot [fn]with us,

We shall all have one purse,”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 -

A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 -

And the fishermen will lament,

And all those who cast a [fn]line into the Nile will mourn,

And those who spread nets on the waters will [fn]languish.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 -

And I will camp against you [fn]encircling you,

And I will fortify siegeworks against you,

And I will raise up fortifications against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:33 -

“Therefore, thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 -

“And he will be like a tree planted by the water,

That sends forth its roots by a stream

And will not fear when the heat comes;

But its leaves will be green,

And it will not be anxious in a year of drought

Nor refrain from yielding fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels and stay in your cities that you have seized.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - “Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth [fn]for killing, to lift up the voice with a shout of war, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - ‘They will come against you with weapons, chariots and [fn]wagons, and with an assembly of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with large shield and shield and helmet; and I will give the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - “And it will be that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the sojourners who sojourn in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:29 - “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:21 - Then these men were tied up in their [fn]trousers, their [fn]coats, their caps, and their other clothes and were cast into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and hurriedly stood up; he answered and said to his high officials, “Was it not three men we cast tied up into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 -

I will be like the dew to Israel;

He will flourish like the lily,

And he will [fn]take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 -

“They have also cast lots for My people,

[fn]Traded a boy for a harlot,

And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 -

“On the day that you stood aloof,

On the day that strangers took his wealth captive

And foreigners entered his gate

And cast lots for Jerusalem

You too were as one of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:7 -

Then each man said to the other, “Come, let us [fn]have the lots fall so we may know on whose account this calamitous evil has struck us.” So they [fn]had the lots fall, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 -

“Therefore you will have no one [fn]stretching a measuring line

For you by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 -

Yet she became an exile;

She went into captivity;

Also her infants were dashed to pieces

At the head of every street;

They cast lots for her honorable men,

And all her great men were bound with fetters.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 -

“And they mock at kings,

And rulers are a laughing matter to them.

They laugh at every fortress

And heap up dirt and capture it.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 -

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,

For salvation with Your anointed.

You crushed the head of the house of the wicked

To lay him bare from [fn]thigh to neck. Selah.

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