verb

Greekβραβεύω (brabeuō)

Biblang

brabeuamō

Strong’sG1018

I rule, arbitrate

stem brabeu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** βραβεύω

(< βραβεύς, an umpire), [in LXX: Wi 10:12 *;]

(a) prop., to act as umpire; hence,

(b) generally, to arbitrate, decide (Isocr., Dem.; Lft., Col., l.c.; MM, s.v.): Col 3:15;

(c) in some late writers, to direct, rule, control (so in Col., l.c., acc. to Thayer, s.v., Meyer, in l.), (cf. κατα-βραβεύω).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1018 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbrab-yoo'-o

to arbitrate, i.e. (genitive case) to govern (figuratively, prevail)

Fromfrom the same as G1017;

King Jamesrule.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

βρᾰβ-εύω,
act as judge or umpire, ἐν τῇ κληρώσει τὴν τύχην βραβεύσειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀρθῶς β. Refs 4th c.BC+; preside at an election, Refs 1st c.AD+
II with accusative, arbitrate, decide on, τὰ τῶν ἄλλων δίκαια Refs 4th c.BC+; δικαστήριονLXX+1st c.AD+:—passive, βραβευθήσεται τὰ τοῦ πολέμου τῷ νενικηκότι Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 direct, control, Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, Refs 2nd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

rule1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
brabeuatōrβραβευέτω	happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular	rule	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	brabeuamō	brabeuame	brabeuami	brabeuama	brabeuamē	brabeuamelē
you 2nd person singular	brabeuasō	brabeuase	brabeuasi	brabeuasa	brabeuasē	brabeuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	brabeuatō	brabeuate	brabeuati	brabeuata	brabeuatē	brabeuatelē
we 1st person plural	brabeuanō	brabeuane	brabeuani	brabeuana	brabeuanē	brabeuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	brabeuavō	brabeuave	brabeuavi	brabeuava	brabeuavē	brabeuavelē
they 3rd person plural	brabeualō	brabeuale	brabeuali	brabeuala	brabeualē	brabeualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	brabeuameiō	brabeuameia	brabeuameiē
you 2nd person singular	brabeuaseiō	brabeuaseia	brabeuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	brabeuateiō	brabeuateia	brabeuateiē
we 1st person plural	brabeuaneiō	brabeuaneia	brabeuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	brabeuaveiō	brabeuaveia	brabeuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	brabeualeiō	brabeualeia	brabeualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	brabeuasōr	brabeuasar	brabeuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	brabeuatōr1×βραβευέτω	brabeuatar	brabeuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	brabeuavōr	brabeuavar	brabeuavēr
they 3rd person plural	brabeualōr	brabeualar	brabeualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	brabeuamoiō	brabeuamoia
you 2nd person singular	brabeuasoiō	brabeuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	brabeuatoiō	brabeuatoia
we 1st person plural	brabeuanoiō	brabeuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	brabeuavoiō	brabeuavoia
they 3rd person plural	brabeualoiō	brabeualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	brabeuarō	brabeuari	brabeuara	brabeuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	brabeuarōntos	brabeuarintos	brabeuarantos	brabeuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

brabeustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

brabeu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

brabeuatōr“rule”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular1×

Colossians 3:15kai tas eirēnas tou Christou brabeuatōr en tai kardiai vu, eis han …Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this …