Strong G906G906Hβάλλω
to throw: put
One of the 5 senses of Strong G906
- Transliteration
- ballō
- Pronunciation
- bal'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
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 G4496 .
Detailed definition
βάλλω,
[in LXX for נפל, שׂום, ידד, etc.;]
prop., of a weapon or missile; then generally, of things and persons, lit. and metaphorically, to throw, cast, put, place: with accusative, before εἰς, Mat.4:18, and frequently ἐπί, Mat.10:34; κάτω, Mat.4:6; ἔξω, Mat.5:13; ἀπό, Mat.5:29; ἐκ, Mrk.12:44; δρέπανον, Rev.14:19; μάχαιραν, Mat.10:34; κλῆρον, Mat.27:35; of fluids, to pour: Mat.9:17, Jhn.13:5; pass., to be laid, to lie ill: Mat.9:2; ἐβλήθη (timeless aor., M, Pr., 134), Jhn.15:6; intrans., to rush (Bl., §53, 1): Act.27:14. Metaphorical, β. εἰς τ. καρδίαν, Jhn.13:2 (cf. usage in π., without idea of violence; also of liquids; MM, Exp., x; see also Cremer, 120, 657; cf. ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐμ-, παρ-εμ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, συμ-, ὑπερ-, ὑπο-βάλλω).
(AS)
[in LXX for נפל, שׂום, ידד, etc.;]
prop., of a weapon or missile; then generally, of things and persons, lit. and metaphorically, to throw, cast, put, place: with accusative, before εἰς, Mat.4:18, and frequently ἐπί, Mat.10:34; κάτω, Mat.4:6; ἔξω, Mat.5:13; ἀπό, Mat.5:29; ἐκ, Mrk.12:44; δρέπανον, Rev.14:19; μάχαιραν, Mat.10:34; κλῆρον, Mat.27:35; of fluids, to pour: Mat.9:17, Jhn.13:5; pass., to be laid, to lie ill: Mat.9:2; ἐβλήθη (timeless aor., M, Pr., 134), Jhn.15:6; intrans., to rush (Bl., §53, 1): Act.27:14. Metaphorical, β. εἰς τ. καρδίαν, Jhn.13:2 (cf. usage in π., without idea of violence; also of liquids; MM, Exp., x; see also Cremer, 120, 657; cf. ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐμ-, παρ-εμ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, συμ-, ὑπερ-, ὑπο-βάλλω).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G906H appears in 35 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cast13
- put10
- lay3
- thrust3
- putteth2
- lie1
- lieth1
- send1
- therein1
- throw1
First verses
- Matthew 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Matthew 8:6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
- Matthew 8:14And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
- Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 10:34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- Matthew 18:30And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
- Matthew 25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
- Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
- Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
- Mark 7:30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
- Mark 7:33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- Mark 12:42And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
- Mark 12:43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
- Mark 12:44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
- Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
- Luke 12:58When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
- Luke 13:8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
- Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
βάλλω,
future βᾰλῶ (in Attic dialect Prose only in compounds), Ionic dialect βαλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.403, βαλλήσω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 222, 1491:)]aorist 2 ἔβᾰλον, Ionic dialect προ-βάλεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331)]; later aorist 1 ἔβαλα [LXX (LXX.3Ki.6.1 (5.18))]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect infinitive βαλέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.414, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111, +others, but βαλεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.387, 14.424)]; optative βλείης in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 219)], participle βλείς [Refs ([prev. author] 176, as if from ἔβλην (see. συμβάλλω):)]perfect βέβληκα: pluperfect ἐβεβλήκειν, Epic dialect βεβλήκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.661)]:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect βαλλέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.74:)]future βᾰλοῦμαι (προ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 201, (ἐπι-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40, etc., _Epic dialect_ βαλεῦμαι (ἀμφι-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.103:)]aorist 2 ἐβᾰλόμην, Ionic dialect imperative βαλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68.γ,)] used mostly in compounds:—passive, future βληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.11, (δια-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 863; also βεβλήσομαι [prev. author] “Or.” 271, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.13, (δια-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.2)]; participle δια-βεβλησόμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.13 (_Epic dialect_ _future_ ξυμ-βλήσομαι, see at {συμβάλλω}))]: aorist ἐβλήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.84, etc.: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also has an Epic dialect aorist passive, ἔβλητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.675, ξύμβλητο 14.39)]; subjunctive βλήεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.472)]; optative βλῇο or βλεῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.288)]; infinitive βλῆσθαι [Refs (4.115)]; participle βλήμενος [Refs (15.495:)]perfect βέβλημαι, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural βεβλήαται [Refs (11.657)] (but 3rd.pers. singular [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 20), _optative_ δια-βεβλῇσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24:)]pluperfect ἐβεβλήμην (περι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.22, (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.17)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural περι-εβεβλέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.25.)] — _Epic dialect_ perfect βεβόλημαι in special sense, see at {βολέω}.
A active, throw:
I with accusative of person or thing aimed at, throw so as to hit, hit with a missile, frequently opposed to striking with a weapon in the hand, βλήμενος ἠὲ τυπείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.495; τὸν βάλεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀφάμαρτε 11.350, compare 4.473, +others)]; so even in ἐγγύθεν ἐλβὼν βεβλήκει.. δουρί [Refs (5.73; and δουρὶ ὤμων μεσσηγὺς σχεδόθεν βάλε 16.807)]; but later opposed to τοξεύειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.12; ἐκ χειρὸς β. [prev. work] 3.3.15: with _dative_ instrumenti, β. τινὰ δουρί, πέτρῳ, κεραυνῷ, etc., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.518, 20.288, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.128, etc.: βλήμενος ἢ ἰῷ ἢ ἔγχεϊ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.514: with double _accusative_ _person_ et partis, μιν βάλε μηρὸν ὀϊστῷ 11.583: with _accusative_ partis only, 5.19, 657)]; so τὸν δ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν.. βάλεν ἰῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.15; δουρὶ βαλὼν πρὸς στῆθος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.144: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἕλκος.., τό μιν βάλε Πάνδαρος ἰῷ 5.795)]; also βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατ᾽ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, [Refs ([prev. work] 281.)]
I.2 less frequently of things, ἡνίοχον κονίης ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον [Refs (23.502)]; of drops of blood,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.536, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1390: _metaphorically_, κηλὶς ἔβαλέ νιν μητροκτόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1200, compare “HF” 1219)]; of the sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν [θάμνους] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.479; ἔβαλλε.. οὐρανὸν Ἠώς 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.885)] (so passive, σελήνη.. δι᾽ εὐτρήτων βαλλομένη θυρίδων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.122 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus)))]; strike the senses, of sound, ἵππων ὠκυπόδων ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.535, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188, “Ph.” 205 (Lyric poetry))]; of smell, ὀσμὴ β. τινά [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 412; τάχ᾽ ἂν πέμφιξ σε βροντῆς καὶ δυσοσμίας β. [prev. author] “fragment” 538.)]
I.3 metaphorically, β. τινὰ κακοῖς, φθόνῳ, ψόγῳ, smite with reproaches, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1244, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 902, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 895; στεφάνοις β. τινά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.57)] (hence metaphorically, praise, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.98); φθόνος βάλλει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 947; φίλημα βάλλει τὴν καρδίαν 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.37.)]
II with accusative of the weapon thrown, cast, hurl, of missiles, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, βαλὼν βέλος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.495; χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5. 346, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.62; ἐν νηυσὶν.. πῦρ β. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.629)]: with dative, of the weapon, throw or shoot with a thing, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα χερμαδίοισι.. βάλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.155; βέλεσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.277: in Prose _absolutely_, β. ἐπί τινα)] throw at one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.75; ἐπὶ σκοπόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.29; ἐπίσκοπα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16; alone, οἱ ψιλοὶ βάλλοντες εἶργον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33: with _genitive_, βάλλοντα τοῦ σκοποῦ)] hitting the mark, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sisyphus” 391a.)]
II.2 generally of anything thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματ᾽ ἔβαλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.314; τὰ μὲν ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.429; [νῆα] β. ποτὶ πέτρας 12.71)]; εὐνὰς β. throw out the anchor-stones, [Refs (9.137)]; β. σπόρον cast the seed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.26; β. κόπρον “POxy.” 934.9 (3rd c.AD): hence β. ἀρούρας)]manure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PFay. 118.21 (2nd c.AD))]: metaphorically, ὕπνον.. ἐπὶ βλεφάροις β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.364; β. σκότον ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1535 (Lyric poetry); β. λύπην τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 67.)]
II.2.b of persons, β. τινὰ ἐν κονίῃσιν, ἐν δαπέδῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.156, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.188; γῆς ἔξω β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 622; β. τινὰ ἄθαπτον [prev. author] “Aj.” 1333; ἄτιμον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1028)]:—passive, ὑπὸ χλαίνῃ βεβλημένος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.164 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); βεβλημένος)]on a sick-bed, [NT+8th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.8.14: then _metaphorically_, ἐς κακὸν β. τινά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.221; ὅς με μετ᾽.. ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα β. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.376)]; β. τινὰ ἐς ἔχθραν, ἐς φόβον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 390, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1058)]; also ἐν αἰτίᾳ or αἰτίᾳ β. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 657, “Tr.” 940 (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 305 β. αἰτίαν ἔς τινα); κινδύνῳ β. τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1053.)]
II.3 let fall, ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.306, compare 23.697; β. ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.198, compare 114; κατὰ βλεφάρων β. δάκρυα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1206; κατ᾽ ὄσσων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1396; αἵματος πέμφιγα πρὸς πέδῳ β. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 183)]; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας cast, shed them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b2, etc.)]; so βάλλειν alone,[Refs ([prev. work] 576a4; βοῦς βεβληκώς “SIG” 958.7 (from Ceos).)]
II.4 of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλ᾽ ὄμματα cast them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.179; ὄμματα πρὸς γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 582; πρόσωπον εἰς γῆν [prev. author] “Or.” 958: _intransitive_, ὀφθαλμὸς πρὸς τὸ φῶς βαλών)] aiming at.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.4.5)]; βαλὼν πρὸς αὐτό directing one's gaze at.., [Refs ([prev. author] 3.8.10.)]
II.5 of animals, push forward or in front, τοὺς σοὺς [ἵππους] πρόσθε βαλών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.572)]; πλήθει πρόσθε βαλόντες (i.e. ἵππους)[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 639; βάλλε κάτωθε τὰ μοσχία 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.44: _metaphorically_, β. ψυχὰν ποτὶ κέρδεα 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 5.12.)]
II.6 in a looser sense, put, place, with or without a notion of haste, τὼ μὲν.. βαλέτην ἐν χερσὶν ἑταίρων [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.574, compare 17.40, 21.104; μῆλα.. ἐν νηΐ β. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.470; ἐπὶ γᾶν ἴχνος ποδὸς β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 721 (Lyric poetry); φάσγανον ἐπ᾽ αὐχένος β. [prev. author] “Or.” 51; τοὺς δακτύλους εἰς τὰ ὦτα NT.Mark.7.33)]; β. πλίνθους lay bricks, [Refs (“Edict.Diocl.” 7.15)]; pour, οἶνον εἰς ἀσκούς [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.9.17; εἰς πίθον 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.12, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.71.5 (variant for{ἐμβ}.))]: metaphorically, ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.513)]; ὅπως.. φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put friendship between them,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.16; μαντεύσομαι ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ ἀθάνατοι βάλλουσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.201; ἐν καρδίᾳ β. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.16)]; but also θυμῷ, ἐς θυμὸν β., lay to heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 706, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 975.)]
II.6.b especially of putting round, ἀμφ᾽ ὀχέεσσι θοῶς βάλε καμπύλα κύκλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.722)]; of clothes or arms, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις.. βάλ᾽ αἰγίδα [Refs (18.204)]; put on, φαιὰ ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.5.)]
II.6.c place money on deposit, ἀργύριον τοῖς τραπεζίταις [NT (NT.Matt.25.27.)]
II.6.d pay, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PLond. 3.1177 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1448.5 (4th c.AD).)]
II.7 of dice, throw, τρὶς ἓξ βαλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 968e; ἄλλα βλήματ᾽ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 330: so probably ψῆφος βαλοῦσα,)] absolutely, by its throw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 751)]: metaphorically, εὖ or καλῶς βάλλειν to be lucky, successful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus lr. p.51 W., “Rh.” 1.10 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III intransitive, fall, ποταμὸς Μινυήϊος εἰς ἅλα βάλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.722, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.744, etc.)]; ἄνεμος κατ᾽ αὐτῆς (i.e. νεώς) ἔβαλε [NT (NT.Act.27.14)]; [ἵππους] περὶ τέρμα βαλούσας having run round the post, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.462)]; ἐγὼ δὲ.. τάχ᾽ ἐν πέδῳ βαλῶ (i.e. ἐμαυτήν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1172 (Lyric poetry))]; λίμνηθεν ὅτ᾽ εἰς ἁλὸς οἶδμα βάλητε arrive at.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1579)]; εἴσω β. enter a river's mouth, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8.23)]; βαλὼν κάθευδε lie down and sleep, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.10)]; τί οὖν, οὐ ῥέγκω βαλών[Refs 4th c.BC+ (; [prev. work] 4.10.29; βαλὼν ἐπὶ τῆς στιβάδος ἐπεχείρει καθεύδειν Anonymus cited in “POxy.” 1368.51; compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4.)]
III.2 in familiar language, βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας away with you! be hanged! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 835, etc.; βάλλ᾽ ἐς μακαρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 293a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 389.)]
B middle, put for oneself, ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ βάλλεαι that thou may'st lay it to heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.196, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.218; σὺ δ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 107; εἰ μὲν δὴ νόστον γε μετὰ φρεσὶ.. βάλλεαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.435; ἐς θυμὸν βαλέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84, etc.)]; εἰς or ἐπὶ νοῦν, εἰς μνήμην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 24, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.58a, etc. (see. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.6))]; ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν βαλόμενοι on their own responsibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.160, compare 3.71, +others)]; ἑτέρως ἐβάλοντο θεοί, see l. for ἐβόλοντο in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.234; θεοὶ δ᾽ ἑτέρωσε βάλοντο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.610.)]
B.2 τόξα or ξίφος ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν βάλλεσθαι throw about one's shoulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.333, 19.372, etc.; ἐπὶ κάρα στέφη β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1513 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.3 ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι γόνον conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28.)]
B.4 lay as foundation, κρηπῖδα βαλέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 7.3, compare 4.138, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hipp.” 4)]; also, lay the foundations of, begin to form, οἰκοδομίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 779b; χάρακα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.105.10, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.161)]; simply, build, ἱερὸν περί τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.13)]; β. ἄγκυραν cast anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.74, etc.; καθάπερ ἐξ ἀγκυρῶν βαλλόμενος ψυχῆς δεσμούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73d.)]
B.II rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς dash oneself with water, bathe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Hymnus in Cererem 50 (but λουτρὰ ἐπὶ χροῒ βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 303). (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus -δέλλω in ἐσ-δέλλοντες, ={ἐκ-βάλλοντες}, “IG” 5(2).6.49: ζέλλειν· βάλλειν, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] Root g[uglide]el- 'throw', Sanskritgalati 'trickle', OHG. quellan 'spurt up', Lithuanian gulēti 'lie'.)
future βᾰλῶ (in Attic dialect Prose only in compounds), Ionic dialect βαλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.403, βαλλήσω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 222, 1491:)]aorist 2 ἔβᾰλον, Ionic dialect προ-βάλεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331)]; later aorist 1 ἔβαλα [LXX (LXX.3Ki.6.1 (5.18))]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect infinitive βαλέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.414, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111, +others, but βαλεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.387, 14.424)]; optative βλείης in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 219)], participle βλείς [Refs ([prev. author] 176, as if from ἔβλην (see. συμβάλλω):)]perfect βέβληκα: pluperfect ἐβεβλήκειν, Epic dialect βεβλήκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.661)]:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect βαλλέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.74:)]future βᾰλοῦμαι (προ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 201, (ἐπι-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.40, etc., _Epic dialect_ βαλεῦμαι (ἀμφι-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.103:)]aorist 2 ἐβᾰλόμην, Ionic dialect imperative βαλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68.γ,)] used mostly in compounds:—passive, future βληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.11, (δια-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 863; also βεβλήσομαι [prev. author] “Or.” 271, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.13, (δια-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.2)]; participle δια-βεβλησόμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.13 (_Epic dialect_ _future_ ξυμ-βλήσομαι, see at {συμβάλλω}))]: aorist ἐβλήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.84, etc.: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also has an Epic dialect aorist passive, ἔβλητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.675, ξύμβλητο 14.39)]; subjunctive βλήεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.472)]; optative βλῇο or βλεῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.288)]; infinitive βλῆσθαι [Refs (4.115)]; participle βλήμενος [Refs (15.495:)]perfect βέβλημαι, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural βεβλήαται [Refs (11.657)] (but 3rd.pers. singular [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 20), _optative_ δια-βεβλῇσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24:)]pluperfect ἐβεβλήμην (περι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.22, (ἐξ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.17)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural περι-εβεβλέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.25.)] — _Epic dialect_ perfect βεβόλημαι in special sense, see at {βολέω}.
A active, throw:
I with accusative of person or thing aimed at, throw so as to hit, hit with a missile, frequently opposed to striking with a weapon in the hand, βλήμενος ἠὲ τυπείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.495; τὸν βάλεν, οὐδ᾽ ἀφάμαρτε 11.350, compare 4.473, +others)]; so even in ἐγγύθεν ἐλβὼν βεβλήκει.. δουρί [Refs (5.73; and δουρὶ ὤμων μεσσηγὺς σχεδόθεν βάλε 16.807)]; but later opposed to τοξεύειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.12; ἐκ χειρὸς β. [prev. work] 3.3.15: with _dative_ instrumenti, β. τινὰ δουρί, πέτρῳ, κεραυνῷ, etc., 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.518, 20.288, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.128, etc.: βλήμενος ἢ ἰῷ ἢ ἔγχεϊ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.514: with double _accusative_ _person_ et partis, μιν βάλε μηρὸν ὀϊστῷ 11.583: with _accusative_ partis only, 5.19, 657)]; so τὸν δ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν.. βάλεν ἰῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.15; δουρὶ βαλὼν πρὸς στῆθος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.144: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἕλκος.., τό μιν βάλε Πάνδαρος ἰῷ 5.795)]; also βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατ᾽ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, [Refs ([prev. work] 281.)]
I.2 less frequently of things, ἡνίοχον κονίης ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον [Refs (23.502)]; of drops of blood,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.536, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1390: _metaphorically_, κηλὶς ἔβαλέ νιν μητροκτόνος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1200, compare “HF” 1219)]; of the sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν [θάμνους] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.479; ἔβαλλε.. οὐρανὸν Ἠώς 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.885)] (so passive, σελήνη.. δι᾽ εὐτρήτων βαλλομένη θυρίδων [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.122 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus)))]; strike the senses, of sound, ἵππων ὠκυπόδων ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.535, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188, “Ph.” 205 (Lyric poetry))]; of smell, ὀσμὴ β. τινά [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 412; τάχ᾽ ἂν πέμφιξ σε βροντῆς καὶ δυσοσμίας β. [prev. author] “fragment” 538.)]
I.3 metaphorically, β. τινὰ κακοῖς, φθόνῳ, ψόγῳ, smite with reproaches, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1244, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 902, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 895; στεφάνοις β. τινά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.57)] (hence metaphorically, praise, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.98); φθόνος βάλλει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 947; φίλημα βάλλει τὴν καρδίαν 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.37.)]
II with accusative of the weapon thrown, cast, hurl, of missiles, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, βαλὼν βέλος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.495; χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5. 346, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.62; ἐν νηυσὶν.. πῦρ β. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.629)]: with dative, of the weapon, throw or shoot with a thing, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα χερμαδίοισι.. βάλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.155; βέλεσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.277: in Prose _absolutely_, β. ἐπί τινα)] throw at one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.75; ἐπὶ σκοπόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.29; ἐπίσκοπα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16; alone, οἱ ψιλοὶ βάλλοντες εἶργον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33: with _genitive_, βάλλοντα τοῦ σκοποῦ)] hitting the mark, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sisyphus” 391a.)]
II.2 generally of anything thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματ᾽ ἔβαλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.314; τὰ μὲν ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.429; [νῆα] β. ποτὶ πέτρας 12.71)]; εὐνὰς β. throw out the anchor-stones, [Refs (9.137)]; β. σπόρον cast the seed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.26; β. κόπρον “POxy.” 934.9 (3rd c.AD): hence β. ἀρούρας)]manure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PFay. 118.21 (2nd c.AD))]: metaphorically, ὕπνον.. ἐπὶ βλεφάροις β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.364; β. σκότον ὄμμασι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1535 (Lyric poetry); β. λύπην τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 67.)]
II.2.b of persons, β. τινὰ ἐν κονίῃσιν, ἐν δαπέδῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.156, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.188; γῆς ἔξω β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 622; β. τινὰ ἄθαπτον [prev. author] “Aj.” 1333; ἄτιμον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1028)]:—passive, ὑπὸ χλαίνῃ βεβλημένος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.164 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); βεβλημένος)]on a sick-bed, [NT+8th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.8.14: then _metaphorically_, ἐς κακὸν β. τινά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.221; ὅς με μετ᾽.. ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα β. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.376)]; β. τινὰ ἐς ἔχθραν, ἐς φόβον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 390, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1058)]; also ἐν αἰτίᾳ or αἰτίᾳ β. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 657, “Tr.” 940 (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 305 β. αἰτίαν ἔς τινα); κινδύνῳ β. τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1053.)]
II.3 let fall, ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.306, compare 23.697; β. ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.198, compare 114; κατὰ βλεφάρων β. δάκρυα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1206; κατ᾽ ὄσσων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1396; αἵματος πέμφιγα πρὸς πέδῳ β. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 183)]; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας cast, shed them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b2, etc.)]; so βάλλειν alone,[Refs ([prev. work] 576a4; βοῦς βεβληκώς “SIG” 958.7 (from Ceos).)]
II.4 of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλ᾽ ὄμματα cast them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.179; ὄμματα πρὸς γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 582; πρόσωπον εἰς γῆν [prev. author] “Or.” 958: _intransitive_, ὀφθαλμὸς πρὸς τὸ φῶς βαλών)] aiming at.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.4.5)]; βαλὼν πρὸς αὐτό directing one's gaze at.., [Refs ([prev. author] 3.8.10.)]
II.5 of animals, push forward or in front, τοὺς σοὺς [ἵππους] πρόσθε βαλών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.572)]; πλήθει πρόσθε βαλόντες (i.e. ἵππους)[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 639; βάλλε κάτωθε τὰ μοσχία 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.44: _metaphorically_, β. ψυχὰν ποτὶ κέρδεα 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 5.12.)]
II.6 in a looser sense, put, place, with or without a notion of haste, τὼ μὲν.. βαλέτην ἐν χερσὶν ἑταίρων [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.574, compare 17.40, 21.104; μῆλα.. ἐν νηΐ β. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.470; ἐπὶ γᾶν ἴχνος ποδὸς β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 721 (Lyric poetry); φάσγανον ἐπ᾽ αὐχένος β. [prev. author] “Or.” 51; τοὺς δακτύλους εἰς τὰ ὦτα NT.Mark.7.33)]; β. πλίνθους lay bricks, [Refs (“Edict.Diocl.” 7.15)]; pour, οἶνον εἰς ἀσκούς [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.9.17; εἰς πίθον 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.12, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.71.5 (variant for{ἐμβ}.))]: metaphorically, ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.513)]; ὅπως.. φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put friendship between them,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.16; μαντεύσομαι ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ ἀθάνατοι βάλλουσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.201; ἐν καρδίᾳ β. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.16)]; but also θυμῷ, ἐς θυμὸν β., lay to heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 706, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 975.)]
II.6.b especially of putting round, ἀμφ᾽ ὀχέεσσι θοῶς βάλε καμπύλα κύκλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.722)]; of clothes or arms, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις.. βάλ᾽ αἰγίδα [Refs (18.204)]; put on, φαιὰ ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.5.)]
II.6.c place money on deposit, ἀργύριον τοῖς τραπεζίταις [NT (NT.Matt.25.27.)]
II.6.d pay, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PLond. 3.1177 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1448.5 (4th c.AD).)]
II.7 of dice, throw, τρὶς ἓξ βαλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 968e; ἄλλα βλήματ᾽ ἐν κύβοις βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 330: so probably ψῆφος βαλοῦσα,)] absolutely, by its throw, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 751)]: metaphorically, εὖ or καλῶς βάλλειν to be lucky, successful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus lr. p.51 W., “Rh.” 1.10 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III intransitive, fall, ποταμὸς Μινυήϊος εἰς ἅλα βάλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.722, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.744, etc.)]; ἄνεμος κατ᾽ αὐτῆς (i.e. νεώς) ἔβαλε [NT (NT.Act.27.14)]; [ἵππους] περὶ τέρμα βαλούσας having run round the post, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.462)]; ἐγὼ δὲ.. τάχ᾽ ἐν πέδῳ βαλῶ (i.e. ἐμαυτήν) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1172 (Lyric poetry))]; λίμνηθεν ὅτ᾽ εἰς ἁλὸς οἶδμα βάλητε arrive at.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1579)]; εἴσω β. enter a river's mouth, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8.23)]; βαλὼν κάθευδε lie down and sleep, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.10)]; τί οὖν, οὐ ῥέγκω βαλών[Refs 4th c.BC+ (; [prev. work] 4.10.29; βαλὼν ἐπὶ τῆς στιβάδος ἐπεχείρει καθεύδειν Anonymus cited in “POxy.” 1368.51; compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4.)]
III.2 in familiar language, βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας away with you! be hanged! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 835, etc.; βάλλ᾽ ἐς μακαρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 293a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 389.)]
B middle, put for oneself, ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ βάλλεαι that thou may'st lay it to heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.196, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.218; σὺ δ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 107; εἰ μὲν δὴ νόστον γε μετὰ φρεσὶ.. βάλλεαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.435; ἐς θυμὸν βαλέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84, etc.)]; εἰς or ἐπὶ νοῦν, εἰς μνήμην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 24, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.58a, etc. (see. above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.6))]; ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν βαλόμενοι on their own responsibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.160, compare 3.71, +others)]; ἑτέρως ἐβάλοντο θεοί, see l. for ἐβόλοντο in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.234; θεοὶ δ᾽ ἑτέρωσε βάλοντο 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.610.)]
B.2 τόξα or ξίφος ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν βάλλεσθαι throw about one's shoulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.333, 19.372, etc.; ἐπὶ κάρα στέφη β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1513 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.3 ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι γόνον conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28.)]
B.4 lay as foundation, κρηπῖδα βαλέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 7.3, compare 4.138, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hipp.” 4)]; also, lay the foundations of, begin to form, οἰκοδομίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 779b; χάρακα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.105.10, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.161)]; simply, build, ἱερὸν περί τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.13)]; β. ἄγκυραν cast anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.74, etc.; καθάπερ ἐξ ἀγκυρῶν βαλλόμενος ψυχῆς δεσμούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73d.)]
B.II rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς dash oneself with water, bathe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Hymnus in Cererem 50 (but λουτρὰ ἐπὶ χροῒ βαλεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 303). (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus -δέλλω in ἐσ-δέλλοντες, ={ἐκ-βάλλοντες}, “IG” 5(2).6.49: ζέλλειν· βάλλειν, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] Root g[uglide]el- 'throw', Sanskritgalati 'trickle', OHG. quellan 'spurt up', Lithuanian gulēti 'lie'.)