G1018

βραβεύω

brabeuōG:V

to rule

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)

The KJV translates G1018 in the following manner:

let (2x), rule (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

βραβεύω — brabeúō

βραβεύω; in Greek writings from Isocrates and Demosthenes down;

1. "to be a βραβεύς or umpire" (see βραβεῖον).

2. to decide, determine.

3. to direct, control, rule: Col 3:15 (where see Meyer; contra, Lightfoot Compare: καταβραβεύω.)

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