protrepomō

προτρέπω,
urge forwards; used by Refs 8th c.BC+ only intransitive in middle or passive, turn to flight, προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν Refs 8th c.BC+; of the sun, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἂψ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν προτράπηται Refs 8th c.BC+ give myself up to grief, Refs 8th c.BC+
II later, in active, urge on, impel, τίς σ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε προτρέπε; Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to κωλύω, Refs 4th c.BC+: with accusative person et infinitive, urge on, impel, persuade one to do a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τοὺς δικαστὰς ὀργίζεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; προτρέψαι (or -τρέψασθαι) τινὰ ὥστε πειρᾶσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle, with accusative person et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; προτρέπεσθαι ἀνθρώπους ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν, τοὺς συνόντας πρὸς ἐγκράτειαν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς.. προετρέψατο ὁ Σόλων τὸν Κροῖσον εἴπας.., ἐπειρώτα.., as Solon's story led Croesus on, he asked, Refs 5th c.BC+; προτρέψομαι I will lay an injunction on thee, Refs 5th c.BC+; prescribe, ἐν τῇ φαρμακείῃ Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be persuaded or influenced, ὑπὸ τῶν ὀρνίθων ἀποτρέπεσθαι καὶ π. Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων -τραπήσεσθαι ὅ τι ἂν κελεύωνται ποιεῖν Refs 1st c.BC+; προετράπη γράψαι Refs 3rd c.AD+
III promote, οὖρα, χυμόν, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, ἢν προτρέπηται ὁποῖα δεῖ if stimulated in the right way, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV in middle, outstrip, outdo, πάντας ἐν τῷ πίνειν Refs 1st c.AD+
V search out, discover, Refs 5th 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.