G906: βάλλω (bállō)

Quick Definition

βάλλω v. I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop

Strong's Definition

a primary verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)

KJV Usage: arise, cast (out), X dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust. Compare 4496

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βάλλω (G0906)

verb | fut. βαλῶ · aor. ἔβαλον · pf. βέβληκα · aor.pass. ἐβλήθην · fut. βληθήσομαι · pf. βέβλημαι · plpf. ἐβεβλήμην | ἀμφιβάλλω · ἀμφίβληστρον · ἀναβάλλομαι · ἀναβολή · ἀντιβάλλω · ἀποβάλλω · ἀπόβλητος · ἀποβολή · βελόνη · βέλος · βλητέος · βολή · βολίζω · διαβάλλω · διάβολος · ἐκβάλλω · ἐκβολή · ἐμβάλλω · ἐπιβάλλω · ἐπίβλημα · καταβάλλω · καταβολή · λιθοβολέω · μεταβάλλομαι · παραβάλλω · παρεμβάλλω · παρεμβολή · περιβάλλω · περιβόλαιον · προβάλλω · συμβάλλω · τρίβολος · ὑπερβαλλόντως · ὑπερβολή · ὑποβάλλω

15.215 · Linear Movement · Throw, Hurl

to throw

MAT 3:10 · MAT 4:6 · MAT 4:18 · MAT 5:13 · MAT 5:25 · MAT 5:29 · MAT 5:29 · MAT 5:30 · MAT 6:30 · MAT 7:6 · MAT 7:19 · MAT 13:42 · MAT 13:47 · MAT 13:48 · MAT 13:50 · MAT 15:26 · MAT 17:27 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:9 · MAT 18:9 · MAT 21:21 · MAT 27:35 · MRK 4:26 · MRK 7:27 · MRK 9:22 · MRK 9:42 · MRK 9:45 · MRK 9:47 · MRK 11:23 · MRK 15:24 · LUK 3:9 · LUK 4:9 · LUK 12:28 · LUK 12:58 · LUK 13:19 · LUK 14:35 · LUK 16:20 · LUK 21:2 · LUK 23:19 · LUK 23:25 · LUK 23:34 · JHN 8:7 · JHN 8:59 · JHN 15:6 · JHN 15:6 · JHN 19:24 · JHN 21:6 · JHN 21:6 · JHN 21:7 · ACT 22:23 · REV 2:10 · REV 4:10 · REV 8:5 · REV 8:7 · REV 8:8 · REV 12:4 · REV 12:9 · REV 12:9 · REV 12:9 · REV 12:10 · REV 12:13 · REV 14:19 · REV 18:19 · REV 18:21 · REV 18:21 · REV 19:20 · REV 20:3 · REV 20:10 · REV 20:14 · REV 20:15

15.122 · Linear Movement · Fall

to let fall, to drop to cause or to let fall down

REV 6:13

15.112 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Down, Descend

to sweep down, to rush down to move down suddenly and quickly In a number of languages, however, it may be more appropriate to speak of a strong wind ‘blowing down from the island.’

ACT 27:14

47.2 · Activities Involving Liquids or Masses · Movement of Liquids or Masses

to pour to cause a liquid to pour

MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MAT 26:12 · MRK 2:22 · LUK 5:37 · JHN 13:5 · REV 12:15 · REV 12:16

85.34 · Existence in Space · Put, Place

to put, to cause to be put to put or place some object or mass in a location, with the possible implication of force in some contexts

MAT 8:6 · MAT 8:14 · MAT 9:2 · MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:30 · MAT 27:6 · MRK 7:30 · MRK 7:33 · MRK 12:41 · MRK 12:41 · MRK 12:42 · MRK 12:43 · MRK 12:43 · MRK 12:44 · MRK 12:44 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 13:8 · LUK 21:1 · LUK 21:3 · LUK 21:4 · LUK 21:4 · JHN 3:24 · JHN 5:7 · JHN 12:6 · JHN 18:11 · JHN 20:25 · JHN 20:25 · JHN 20:27 · ACT 16:23 · ACT 16:24 · ACT 16:37 · JAS 3:3 · REV 2:14 · REV 2:24

13.14 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to cause, to bring about to cause a state or condition, with focus upon the suddenness or force of the action

MAT 10:34 · MAT 10:34

13.45 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to remove, to drive out, to do away with to cause a state to cease by force and with the implication of elimination In a number of languages it is extremely difficult to speak of states such as love and fear as being respectively agent and affected element. Therefore, it may be necessary to shift significantly the semantic structure so as to translate this expression in 1JN 4:18 as ‘if one completely loves, he does not at all fear.’

1JN 4:18

57.217 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Lend, Loan, Interest, Borrow, Bank

to deposit, to put in a bank to deposit money with a banker, with the intent of earning interest

MAT 25:27

23.152 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Collocation: βάλλω εἰς κλίνην

to cause illness, to make sick (an idiom, literally: to throw on a bed) to cause someone to become very ill

REV 2:22

30.29 · Think · To Think, Thought

Collocation: βάλλω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν

to make think, to fill the heart, to cause to decide (an idiom, literally: to throw into the heart) to cause someone to think in a particular manner, often as a means of inducing some behavior

JHN 13:2

43.17 · Agriculture

Collocation: βάλλω τὸ δρέπανον

to use a sickle, to swing a sickle, to begin to harvest (an idiom, literally: to throw a sickle) to begin to harvest a crop by cutting ripe grain with a sickle In REV 14:16 and REV 14:19 this idiom occurs in a figurative context, and therefore it may be necessary in some languages to speak of ‘harvesting’ rather than using a phrase which mentions the literal use of a sickle.

REV 14:16 · REV 14:19

39.15 · Hostility, Strife · Division

Collocation: πῦρ βάλλω

to cause discord, to cause division (an idiom, literally: to throw fire) to cause discord and contention Some translators have preferred to retain the literal rendering of this expression in LUK 12:49, since this seems to be necessary in view of the larger figurative context, which speaks of ‘how I wish it were already kindled’ (τί θέλω εἰ ἤδη ἀνήφθη). A strictly literal translation may, however, be understood in a completely physical sense, namely, ‘to set the world on fire.’ There are a number of quite diverse interpretations of the significance of this expression in LUK 12:49. Some have assumed, for example, that it refers to the fire of Pentecost.

LUK 12:49

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βάλλω; fut. Bara; pf. βέβληκα ; 2 aor. ἔβαλον (3 pers. plur. ἔβαλον in Lk. xxiii. 34; Acts xvi. 23, ἔβαλαν, {π6 Alex. form, in Acts xvi. 37 L T Tr WH; [Rev. xviii. 19 Lehm., see WH. App. p. 165 and] for reff. ἀπέρχομαι init.) ; Pass., [pres. βάλλομαι] ; pf. βέβλημαι ; plpf. ἐβεβλήμην; 1 aor. ἐβλήθην; 1 fut. 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, ΜΚ. xiv. 65 Rec. (an imitation of the phrases, τινὰ βάλAew λίθοις, βέλεσι, τόξοις, etc., κακοῖς, ψόγῳ, σκώμμασι. etc., in Grk. writ. ; cf. Passow i. p. 487; [L. and S.s. v. T. 1 and 3]; for the Rec. ἔβαλλον we must read with Fritzsche and Schott ἔβαλον, fr. which arose ἔλαβον, adopted by L T Tr WIL; βαλεῖν and λαβεῖν are often confounded in codd. ; οἵ. Grimm on 2 Mace. y. 6; [Serivener, Introd. p. 107) ; βάλλειν λίθους ἐπί τινι or τινα, Jn. Vili. (7), 59; χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλάς, Rey. xviii. 19 [WH mrg. ἐπέβ.]; κονιορτὸν eis τὸν ἀέρα, Acts xxii. 23; τὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, Mk. ix. 42; Rev. viii. 8; xviii. 21; εἰς τὸ πῦρ, Mt. iii. 10; xviii. 8; Lk. iii. 9; Mk. ix. 22; Jn. xv. 6; εἰς κλίβανον, Mt. vi. 30; Lk. xii. 28; εἰς γέενναν, Mt. v. [29], 30[R G]; Mk. ix. 47; eis τ. γῆν, Rev. viii. 5, 7; xii. 4, 9, 13; εἰς τ. ληνόν, Rev. xiv. 19; εἰς τ. λιμνήν, Rev. xix. 20; xx. 10, 14 sq. ; εἰς τ. ἄβυσσον, Rey. xx. 3; absol. and in the pass. to be violently displaced from a position gained, Rey. xii. 10 LT Tr WH. an attack of disease is said βάλλειν τινὰ εἰς κλίνην, Rev. ii. 22; Pass. to lie sich abed, be prostrated by sickness: βέβλημαι ἐπὶ κλίνης, Mt. ix. 2; Mk. vii. 30 [RG Lmrg.]; with ἐπὶ κλίνης omitted, Mt. viii. 6, 14, cf. Lk. xvi. 20; τινὰ εἰς φυλακήν, to cast one into prison, Mt. v. 25; xviii. 30; Lk. xii. 58; xxiii. 19 {RG 11], 25; Jn. iii. 24; Acts xvi. 23 sq. 37; Rev. ii. 10; [B. ἐπί τινα τὴν χεῖρα or Tas χεῖρας to lay hand or hands on one, apprehend him, Jn. vii. 44 L Tr WH, also 30 L mrg.]; δρέπανον eis γῆν to apply with force, thrust in, the sickle, Rey. xiv. 19; μάχαιραν βάλλειν (to cast, send) ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Mt. x. 34, which phrase gave rise to another found in the same passage. viz. εἰρήνην Badd. ἐπὶ τ. γῆν to cast (send) peace; ἔξω, to cast out or forth: Mt. v. 13; xiii. 48; Lk. xiv. 35 (34); 1 Jn. iv. 18; Jn. xv. 6; ἑαυτὸν κάτω to cast one’s self down: Mt. iv. 6; Lk. iv. 9; ἑαυτὸν εἰς τ. θάλασσαν, Jn. xxi. 7; pass.in a reflex. sense [B. 52 (45)], βλήθητι, Mt. xxi. 21; Mk. xi. 23; ri ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ to cast a thing from one’s self, throw it away: Mt. vy. 29 sq.; xviii. 8; ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, Rev. xii. 15 sq. (cast out of his mouth, Luther schoss aus ihrem Munde) ; ἐνώπιον with gen. of place, to cast before (eagerly lay down), Rev. iv. 10; of a tree casting its fruit because violently shaken by the wind, Rev. vi. 13. Intrans. to rush (throw one’s self [ef. W. 251 (236) ; 381 (357) note; B. 145 (127)]): Acts xxvii. 14; (Hom. II. 11, 722; 23, 462, and other writ.; [ef. L. and S. 5. ν. III. 17). 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. s. v. Lot], Mt. xxvii. 35; Mk. xv. 24; Lk. xxiii. 34; Jn. xix. 24 fr. Ps. xxi. (xxii.) 19; (κύβους, Plat. lege. 12 p. 968 6. and in other writ.). to scatter: κόπρια [Ree.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀμφιβάλλω amphiballō 1x

to throw around; to cast a net, Mk. 1:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βάλλω,

[in LXX for נפל, שׂום, ידד, etc.;]

prop., of a weapon or missile; then generally, of things and persons, lit. and metaph., to throw, cast, put, place: c. acc., seq. εἰς, Mt 4:18, and freq. ἐπί, Mt 10:34; κάτω, Mt 4:6; ἔξω, Mt 5:13; ἀπό, Mt 5:29; ἐκ, Mk 12:44; δρέπανον, Re 14:19; μάχαιραν, Mt 10:34; κλῆρον, Mt 27:35; of fluids, to pour: Mt 9:17, Jo 13:5; pass., to be laid, to lie ill: Mt 9:2; ἐβλήθη (timeless aor., M, Pr., 134), Jo 15:6; intrans., to rush (Bl., §53, 1): Ac 27:14. Metaph., β. εἰς τ. καρδίαν, Jo 13:2 (cf. usage in π., without idea of violence; also of liquids; MM, Exp., x; v. also Cremer, 120, 657; cf. ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, ἀντι-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐμ-, παρ-εμ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, συμ-, ὑπερ-, ὑπο-βάλλω).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βάλλω. That the verb does not necessarily imply casting or thrusting with some degree of violence is clear already from the NT itself; and there are vernacular parallels to negative the assumption of “Jewish Greek.” Thus in BGU 11. 5974 (A.D. 75) ἵνα βάληι τὸν μόσχον mpd τῶν προβάτων the verb does not suggest a violent ‘‘ Βιησίηρ ἡ of the helpless calf before the ferocious beasts afterwards named. Cf. P Oxy VII. 1069%° (iii/A.pD.) κ[α]λὰ μέτρα αὐτῷ βαλέτωσαν, ‘let them put good measure into it” with reference to the making of a tunic, and 2d. VI. 9349 (iii/A.D.) μὴ οὖν ἀμελήσῃς τοῦ βαλεῖν τὴν κόπρον, “do not fail therefore to throw the manure on the land” (Edd.): ef. P Fay 1187! (a.p. 110) βάλλωι ἕξ ἀρούρας εἰς τὴν Ψεννόφριν, “1 am manuring six arourae at Psennophris” (Edd.). For a similar absolute usage see Sy// 5227 (iii/p.c.) θύειν δὲ τὸμ μὲν βοῦν BeBAnκότα, τὴν δὲ οἷν βεβληκ[υ]ῖαν, of animals that have “cast” their first teeth. A very curious absolute use occurs in Sy// 389" (A.D. 129), where the Ephesians honour Hadrian as διδόντα τῇ θεῷ τῶν κληρονομιῶν καὶ βεβληκότων τὰ δίκαια: Dittenberger tentatively suggests that it may be a rendering of bona caduca, property without an heir. P Lond 1177} (A.D. 113) (=III. p. 182) at πλείω βληθεῖσαι [? sc. ὕδατος χορηγίαι] βαλανείου Σευηριανοῦ will illustrate Mt 9% and other places where β. is used of liquids. With the phrase of Mt 52° etc. cf. P Tebt 11. 567 (A.D. 53-4) εἰς δεσμευτήριον βληθήσεται. LP Flor 11. 1481} (a.p. 266-7) τὰ δὲ τεμνόμενα φυτὰ εὐθέως εἰς ὕδωρ βαλλέσθω ἵνα μὴ ξηρανθῇ, ‘be put in water that they may not wither,” is a further instance of the unemphatic use. The intransitive βάλλειν, in NT found only in Ac 2744, occurs in a much milder sense in Epict. ii. 20. 10 βαλὼν κάθευδε καὶ τὰ τοῦ σκώληκος ποίει, “lie down and sleep and play the part of the worm,” 26. ἵν. 10. 29 τί οὖν οὐ 9 ’ 2 βαπτισμος ῥέγκω βαλών; and Enoch 18° ὄρη εἰς νότον βάλλοντα, (mis)quoted by Radermacher G7. p. 18. For the aor. indic. ἐβλήθη used of present time in Jn 15°cf. Proleg. pp. 134, 247, and Abbott Joh. Gr. p. 322. On βεβλῆσθαι, used of sick persons, as Mt 84, Lk 167°, see Field Wofes, pp. 7, 70. βάλλω is the only verb to form a gerundive in NT, and that only once (Lk 538 βλητέον) : the gerundive in -τέος is rare, though not unknown, in papyri, and is generally found in formulae, so that we should hardly credit it to popular speech.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βάλλω (ballō) — to throw: throw. βάλλω, future βᾰλῶ (in Attic dialect Prose only in compounds), Ionic dialect βαλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔβᾰλον, Ionic dialect προ-βάλεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later aorist 1 ἔβαλα [LXX]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect infinitive βαλέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative βλείης in [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle βλείς [Refs]perfect βέβληκα: pluperfect ἐβεβλήκειν, Epic dialect βεβλήκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect βαλλέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]future βᾰλοῦμαι (προ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐβᾰλόμην, Ionic dialect imperative βαλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+] used mostly in compounds:—passive, future βληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle δια-βεβλησόμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐβλήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+] also has an Epic dialect aorist passive, ἔβλητο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive βλήεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative βλῇο or βλεῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive βλῆσθαι [Refs]; participle βλήμενος [Refs]perfect βέβλημαι, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural βεβλήαται [Refs] (but 3rd.pers. singular [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐβεβλήμην (περι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural περι-εβεβλέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+] — _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+]; so even in ἐγγύθεν ἐλβὼν βεβλήκει.. δουρί [Refs]; but later opposed to τοξεύειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so τὸν δ᾽ Ὀδυσεὺς κατὰ λαιμὸν.. βάλεν ἰῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατ᾽ ἀσπίδα smote upon it, [Refs]

I.2. less frequently of things, ἡνίοχον κονίης ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον [Refs]; of drops of blood,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sun, ἀκτῖσιν ἔβαλλεν [θάμνους] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (so passive, σελήνη.. δι᾽ εὐτρήτων βαλλομένη θυρίδων [Refs 1st c.BC+]; strike the senses, of sound, ἵππων ὠκυπόδων ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of smell, ὀσμὴ β. τινά [Refs]

I.3. metaphorically, β. τινὰ κακοῖς, φθόνῳ, ψόγῳ, smite with reproaches, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+] (hence metaphorically, praise, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. with accusative of the weapon thrown, cast, hurl, of missiles, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative, of the weapon, throw or shoot with a thing, οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα χερμαδίοισι.. βάλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+] throw at one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] hitting the mark, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. generally of anything thrown, εἰς ἅλα λύματ᾽ ἔβαλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὐνὰς β. throw out the anchor-stones, [Refs]; β. σπόρον cast the seed, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]manure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, ὕπνον.. ἐπὶ βλεφάροις β. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. b of persons, β. τινὰ ἐν κονίῃσιν, ἐν δαπέδῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, ὑπὸ χλαίνῃ βεβλημένος [Refs 1st c.BC+]on a sick-bed, [NT+8th c.BC+]; β. τινὰ ἐς ἔχθραν, ἐς φόβον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐν αἰτίᾳ or αἰτίᾳ β. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. let fall, ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; β. τοὺς ὀδόντας cast, shed them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so βάλλειν alone,[Refs]

II.4. of the eyes, ἑτέρωσε βάλ᾽ ὄμματα cast them, [Refs 8th c.BC+] aiming at.., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βαλὼν πρὸς αὐτό directing one's gaze at.., [Refs]

II.5. of animals, push forward or in front, τοὺς σοὺς [ἵππους] πρόσθε βαλών [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλήθει πρόσθε βαλόντες (i.e. ἵππους)[Refs 3rd c.BC+]

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+]; β. πλίνθους lay bricks, [Refs]; pour, οἶνον εἰς ἀσκούς [NT+1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅπως.. φιλότητα μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι βάλωμεν may put friendship between them,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also θυμῷ, ἐς θυμὸν β., lay to heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.6. b especially of putting round, ἀμφ᾽ ὀχέεσσι θοῶς βάλε καμπύλα κύκλα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of clothes or arms, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ Ἀθήνη ὤμοις.. βάλ᾽ αἰγίδα [Refs]; put on, φαιὰ ἱμάτια [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II.6. c place money on deposit, ἀργύριον τοῖς τραπεζίταις [NT]

II.6. d pay, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.7. of dice, throw, τρὶς ἓξ βαλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] absolutely, by its throw, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, εὖ or καλῶς βάλλειν to be lucky, successful, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. intransitive, fall, ποταμὸς Μινυήϊος εἰς ἅλα βάλλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄνεμος κατ᾽ αὐτῆς (i.e. νεώς) ἔβαλε [NT]; [ἵππους] περὶ τέρμα βαλούσας having run round the post, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐγὼ δὲ.. τάχ᾽ ἐν πέδῳ βαλῶ (i.e. ἐμαυτήν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λίμνηθεν ὅτ᾽ εἰς ἁλὸς οἶδμα βάλητε arrive at.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἴσω β. enter a river's mouth, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; βαλὼν κάθευδε lie down and sleep, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τί οὖν, οὐ ῥέγκω βαλών[Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.2. in familiar language, βάλλ᾽ ἐς κόρακας away with you! be hanged! [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B middle, put for oneself, ὡς ἐνὶ θυμῷ βάλλεαι that thou may'st lay it to heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς or ἐπὶ νοῦν, εἰς μνήμην, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν βαλόμενοι on their own responsibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑτέρως ἐβάλοντο θεοί, see l. for ἐβόλοντο in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.2 τόξα or ξίφος ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν βάλλεσθαι throw about one's shoulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.3 ἐς γαστέρα βάλλεσθαι γόνον conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 lay as foundation, κρηπῖδα βαλέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, lay the foundations of, begin to form, οἰκοδομίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, build, ἱερὸν περί τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; β. ἄγκυραν cast anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II rarely, χρόα βάλλεσθαι λουτροῖς dash oneself with water, bathe, [Refs 5th c.BC+] Root g[uglide]el- 'throw', Sanskritgalati 'trickle', OHG. quellan 'spurt up', Lithuanian gulēti 'lie'.)

βάλλω (ballō) — to throw: put. βάλλω, future βᾰλῶ (in Attic dialect Prose only in compounds), Ionic dialect βαλέω [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔβᾰλον, Ionic dialect προ-βάλεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later aorist 1 ἔβαλα [LXX]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect infinitive βαλέειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative βλείης in [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle βλείς [Refs]perfect βέβληκα: pluperfect ἐβεβλήκειν, Epic dialect βεβλήκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect βαλλέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]future βᾰλοῦμαι (προ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐβᾰλόμην, Ionic dialect imperative βαλεῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+] used mostly in compounds:—passive, future βληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle δια-βεβλησόμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐβλήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+] also has an Epic dialect aorist passive, ἔβλητο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive βλήεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative βλῇο or βλεῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive βλῆσθαι [Refs]; participle βλήμενος [Refs]perfect βέβλημαι, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural βεβλήαται [Refs] (but 3rd.pers. singular [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐβεβλήμην (περι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural περι-εβεβλέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+] — _Epic dialect_ perfect βεβόλημαι in special sense, see at {βολέω}. __A active, throw: