verb
hupoballamō
Strong’sG5260
I suborn, instruct privately
stem hupoball-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.
** ὑπο-βάλλω
[in LXX: Da TH 3:9 A, I Es 2:18 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5260 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(Epic dialect ὑββάλλω, see below). throw, put, or lay under, as cloths, carpets, and the like, ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθ᾽ ὑπέβαλλεν Refs 8th c.BC+; κάτω μὲν ὑποβαλεῖτε τῶν Μιλησίων ἐρίων carpets of Milesian wool, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. αἶγας τοῖς τράγοις, of breeders, Refs 1st c.AD+; ὑ. τινὰς τοῖς θηρίοις throw them under the elephants' feet, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὑ. τοὺς δακτύλους, of a flute-player, put down, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὑ. [φάρμακον] ὑπὸ τὰ βλέφαρα insert under the eyelids, Refs 4th c.AD+; τοῖς φορείοις τῶν γυναικῶν ὑ. τὰ ὄμματα cast furtive glances at, Refs 1st c.AD+:—middle and passive, place under oneself or have placed under one, λυκοφάνους ὑποβάλλεσθαι Refs 1st c.AD+
2 lay under, as a beginning, foundation, Refs 4th c.BC+:—in middle, θεμέλιον ὑ. τυραννίδος Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ πρῶτος ὑποβεβλημένος the first founder, Refs 1st c.BC+
3 subject, submit, ἐχθροῖς ἐμαυτόν Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle, bring in another's child as one's own, Refs 5th c.BC+; or palm off one's own child as another's, ἡ ὑποβεβλημένη τὸν αὑτῆς υἱόν Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, τῶν ὑποβαλλομένων (i.e. παίδων) Refs:—the origin of this phrase is plain from the words of Refs 5th c.BC+; see at {ὑποβολιμαῖος}.
II.2 middle, of a drama, [Εὐριπίδης] τὸ δρᾶμα (i.e. Μήδειαν) δοκεῖ ὑποβαλέσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+ with false suggestions they spread secret rumours, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 suborn, NT:—passive, of an informer, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III suggest, whisper, as a prompter does, ἑσταότος μὲν καλὸν ἀκούειν, οὐδὲ ἔοικεν ὑββάλλειν Refs 8th c.BC+ (where Scholia B explanation it to interrupt); ὑποβαλεῖν δυνήσεσθε, ἤν τι ἐπιλανθάνωνται Refs 5th c.BC+dictate, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. ὀνόματα, of an informer, Refs 5th c.BC+; so, provoke, produce, Refs
IV middle, appropriate to oneself, ἀλλότρια Refs 1st c.BC+
IV.2 attempt a work, σύνταξιν καὶ ἱστορίαν Refs
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hupoballalaὑπέβαλον | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | secretly instigated | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupoballamō | hupoballame | hupoballami | hupoballama | hupoballamē | hupoballamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hupoballasō | hupoballase | hupoballasi | hupoballasa | hupoballasē | hupoballaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupoballatō | hupoballate | hupoballati | hupoballata | hupoballatē | hupoballatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hupoballanō | hupoballane | hupoballani | hupoballana | hupoballanē | hupoballanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupoballavō | hupoballave | hupoballavi | hupoballava | hupoballavē | hupoballavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hupoballalō | hupoballale | hupoballali | hupoballala1×ὑπέβαλον | hupoballalē | hupoballalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupoballameiō | hupoballameia | hupoballameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hupoballaseiō | hupoballaseia | hupoballaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupoballateiō | hupoballateia | hupoballateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hupoballaneiō | hupoballaneia | hupoballaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupoballaveiō | hupoballaveia | hupoballaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hupoballaleiō | hupoballaleia | hupoballaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hupoballasōr | hupoballasar | hupoballasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupoballatōr | hupoballatar | hupoballatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupoballavōr | hupoballavar | hupoballavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hupoballalōr | hupoballalar | hupoballalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupoballamoiō | hupoballamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hupoballasoiō | hupoballasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupoballatoiō | hupoballatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hupoballanoiō | hupoballanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupoballavoiō | hupoballavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hupoballaloiō | hupoballaloia |
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 | hupoballarō | hupoballari | hupoballara | hupoballarē |
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 | hupoballarōntos | hupoballarintos | hupoballarantos | hupoballarēntos |
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
hupoball 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
hupoballala“secretly instigated”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 6:11“secretly instigated”tote hupoballala androin legarōntoin hoti Akouanē autou lalarōntou …Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of …