Strong G1225διαβάλλω
to accuse
- Transliteration
- diaballō
- Pronunciation
- dee-ab-al'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-βάλλω
[in LXX: Dan LXX 3:8, Da TH 3:8; 6:24 (25) (אֲכַל קְרַץ), 2Ma.3:11, 4Ma.4:1 *;]
1. to throw across.
2. To slander, defame, accuse falsely or maliciously: Luk.16:1 (Cremer, 120).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Dan LXX 3:8, Da TH 3:8; 6:24 (25) (אֲכַל קְרַץ), 2Ma.3:11, 4Ma.4:1 *;]
1. to throw across.
2. To slander, defame, accuse falsely or maliciously: Luk.16:1 (Cremer, 120).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1225 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- accuse1
First verses
- Luke 16:1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διαβάλλω,
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα:— throw or carry over or across, νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, 34)]; in wrestling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 262 codices)]
2 more frequently intransitive, pass over, cross, ἐκ.. ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.114; φυγῇ πρὸς Ἄργος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 931; πρὸς τὴν ἤπειρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83: with _accusative_ spatii, δ. πόρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 69 (uncertain); γεφύρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 117; τὸν Ἰόνιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.30; τὸ πέλαγος εἰς Μεσσαπίους 5th-6th c.BC: Demetrius Comicus Veteris Comoediae 1.)]
3 put through, τῆς θύρας δάκτυλον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.118; τύλος διαβεβλημένος διὰ τοῦ ῥυμοῦ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.7 (= 4th c.BC: Aristobulus Historicus “fragment” 4); κρίκων δι᾽ ἀλλήλων διαβεβλημένων 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 30.20; διαβληθέντων τῶν ἀγκώνων διὰ μέσων τῶν τόνων 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 101.12, compare 108.6.)]
II in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 643 ἅττα διαβάλοι τις αὐτῷ, ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἥδιστ᾽ ἤσθιεν, for παραβάλοι,)] whatever scraps they threw to him, with a play on signification see
III set at variance, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222c, 222d, compare “R.” 498c; δ. τινὰς ἀλλήλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1313b16)]; set against, τινὰς πρὸς τὰ πάθη, πρὸς τὴν βρῶσιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.727d, 730f)]; bring into discredit, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 582; δ. [τινὰ] τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566b)]:— passive, to be at variance with, τινί [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 67e)]; to be filled with suspicion and resentment against another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, 6.64, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81, 83; οὐδὲν ὑπολείπεται ὅτῳ ἄν μοι δικαίως διαβεβλῇσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24; πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b21, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.2; τοὺς -βεβλημένους πρὸς τὴν φιλοσοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.175)]; to be brought into discredit, ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.22; διαβεβλημένος)]discredited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.27, 8.7.)]
IV put off with evasions, δ. τινὰ μίαν (i.e. ἡμέραν) ἐκ μιᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5343.41 (2nd c.AD),compare “PFlor.” 36.23 (4th c.AD).)]
V attack a man's character, calumniate, δ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τὸν Ἀρταφρένεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.96; Πελοποννησίους ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109)]; διέβαλλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς δι᾽ ἐκείνους ἀπολοίατο αἱ νέες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.90; διαβαλὼν αὐτοὺς ὡς οὐδὲν ἀληθὲς ἐν νῷ ἔχουσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.45)]; accuse, complain of, without implied malice or falsehood, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 23.4 (2nd c.BC))]: with dative of things, reproach a man with.., τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.4)]; δ. τινὰ εἴς or πρός τι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 50, “Macr.” 14)]:—passive, διεβλήθη ὡς [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.16.1; ἐπὶ βίῳ μὴ σώφρονι διαβεβλημένος 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.6.6.)]
V.2 with accusative of things, misrepresent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.225, 28.1, etc.)]: speak or state slanderously, ὡς οὗτος διέβαλλεν [Refs ([prev. author] 18.20, compare [prev. work]14)]; τοῦτό μου διαβάλλει [Refs ([prev. work]28: generally,)]give hostile information, without any insinuation of falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4.)]
V.3 δ. τι εἴς τινα lay the blame for a thing on.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 22.19.)]
V.4 disprove a scientific or philosophical doctrine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.289)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 5.480, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.930b.)]
V.5 δ. ἔπος declare it spurious, [Refs ([prev. author] “Thes.” 34.)]
VI deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, 5.50, 8.110, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 435)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.116, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1648 (ubi see Scholia), “Th.” 1214)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255a, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.563d.)]
VII divert from a course of action, πρὸς τὴν κακίαν τινάς [Refs ([prev. work]809f)]:—passive, ψυχὴ -βέβληται πρὸς μάχην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.26.3.)]
VIII middle, contract an obligation (?), [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 9.26.)]
IX διαβάλλεσθαι ἀστραγάλοις πρός τινα throw against him, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.148d, 272f.)]
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα:— throw or carry over or across, νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.33, 34)]; in wrestling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 262 codices)]
2 more frequently intransitive, pass over, cross, ἐκ.. ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.114; φυγῇ πρὸς Ἄργος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 931; πρὸς τὴν ἤπειρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83: with _accusative_ spatii, δ. πόρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 69 (uncertain); γεφύρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 117; τὸν Ἰόνιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.30; τὸ πέλαγος εἰς Μεσσαπίους 5th-6th c.BC: Demetrius Comicus Veteris Comoediae 1.)]
3 put through, τῆς θύρας δάκτυλον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.118; τύλος διαβεβλημένος διὰ τοῦ ῥυμοῦ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.7 (= 4th c.BC: Aristobulus Historicus “fragment” 4); κρίκων δι᾽ ἀλλήλων διαβεβλημένων 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 30.20; διαβληθέντων τῶν ἀγκώνων διὰ μέσων τῶν τόνων 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 101.12, compare 108.6.)]
II in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 643 ἅττα διαβάλοι τις αὐτῷ, ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἥδιστ᾽ ἤσθιεν, for παραβάλοι,)] whatever scraps they threw to him, with a play on signification see
III set at variance, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222c, 222d, compare “R.” 498c; δ. τινὰς ἀλλήλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1313b16)]; set against, τινὰς πρὸς τὰ πάθη, πρὸς τὴν βρῶσιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.727d, 730f)]; bring into discredit, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 582; δ. [τινὰ] τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566b)]:— passive, to be at variance with, τινί [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 67e)]; to be filled with suspicion and resentment against another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, 6.64, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81, 83; οὐδὲν ὑπολείπεται ὅτῳ ἄν μοι δικαίως διαβεβλῇσθε 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24; πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b21, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.2; τοὺς -βεβλημένους πρὸς τὴν φιλοσοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.175)]; to be brought into discredit, ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.22; διαβεβλημένος)]discredited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.27, 8.7.)]
IV put off with evasions, δ. τινὰ μίαν (i.e. ἡμέραν) ἐκ μιᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5343.41 (2nd c.AD),compare “PFlor.” 36.23 (4th c.AD).)]
V attack a man's character, calumniate, δ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τὸν Ἀρταφρένεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.96; Πελοποννησίους ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109)]; διέβαλλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς δι᾽ ἐκείνους ἀπολοίατο αἱ νέες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.90; διαβαλὼν αὐτοὺς ὡς οὐδὲν ἀληθὲς ἐν νῷ ἔχουσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.45)]; accuse, complain of, without implied malice or falsehood, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 23.4 (2nd c.BC))]: with dative of things, reproach a man with.., τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.4)]; δ. τινὰ εἴς or πρός τι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 50, “Macr.” 14)]:—passive, διεβλήθη ὡς [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.16.1; ἐπὶ βίῳ μὴ σώφρονι διαβεβλημένος 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.6.6.)]
V.2 with accusative of things, misrepresent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.225, 28.1, etc.)]: speak or state slanderously, ὡς οὗτος διέβαλλεν [Refs ([prev. author] 18.20, compare [prev. work]14)]; τοῦτό μου διαβάλλει [Refs ([prev. work]28: generally,)]give hostile information, without any insinuation of falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4.)]
V.3 δ. τι εἴς τινα lay the blame for a thing on.., [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 22.19.)]
V.4 disprove a scientific or philosophical doctrine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.289)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 5.480, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.930b.)]
V.5 δ. ἔπος declare it spurious, [Refs ([prev. author] “Thes.” 34.)]
VI deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, 5.50, 8.110, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 435)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.116, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1648 (ubi see Scholia), “Th.” 1214)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255a, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.563d.)]
VII divert from a course of action, πρὸς τὴν κακίαν τινάς [Refs ([prev. work]809f)]:—passive, ψυχὴ -βέβληται πρὸς μάχην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.26.3.)]
VIII middle, contract an obligation (?), [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 9.26.)]
IX διαβάλλεσθαι ἀστραγάλοις πρός τινα throw against him, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.148d, 272f.)]