ἐμβάλλω
embállō · G1685 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to put into, to throw into
To put or throw into a place
ExamplesLuke 12:5 “But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed someone, has the power to throw that person into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated in the clause 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto+ γέενναhell 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ῥίπτω rhíptō · G4496 · to throw, to hurl, to put down
- Greek verb meaning to throw/cast/fling, often with force or contempt. Semantically overlaps with ἐμβάλλω in the sense of throwing/casting something (e.g., Matt 15:26; 27:5). Not a cognate of βάλλω despite similar meaning.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁלַךְ shâlak · H7993 · to cast, to throw, to hurl
- Standard Hebrew verb for throwing/casting; used in contexts of casting into fire, pits, or judgment (e.g., Dan 3:6, 11, 15; Exod 15:4). Functionally equivalent as a translation for the act of casting/throwing into.
- טוּל ṭûwl · H2904 · to hurl, to cast, to hurl away
- Hebrew verb meaning to throw/hurl, used in contexts of casting away or throwing down (e.g., Job 27:22). A less common but genuine equivalent for the throwing action.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To put into, to throw into85.35
- This verb means to throw or cast something into a place, used of divine judgment casting a person into hell — "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!" (Luke 12:5).
Word family 38 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (see ἐν, III. 3): 2 aorist infinitive ἐμβαλεῖν; to throw in, cast into: εἰς, Lk 12:5.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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