παραβάλλω

παρα-βάλλω

[in LXX: Proverbs 2:2; 4:20; 5:1, 13; 22:17 (נָטָה hi.), Ruth 2:16 (שָׁלַל), 2Ma.14.38 (elsewhere as seel.4)* ;]

1. to throw to or beside, as fodder to horses (Hom., al.).

2. to lay beside, compare (Hdt., Plat., al.): Mark 4:30, Rec.

3. Reflexive, to betake oneself, come near; of seamen, to cross over: εἰς Σάμον, Acts 20:15.

4. In mid. = παραβολεύομαι, which see