ἈΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΣΘΑΙ, ἀναβαλλεσθαι
ANABALLESTHAI, anaballesthai
Sounds Like: ah-nah-BAL-les-thai
Translations: to put off, to delay, to postpone, to defer
From the root: ἈΝΑΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀνά (ana), meaning 'up' or 'back', and the verb βάλλω (ballō), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'. In its middle voice, it means to put off or postpone something, often referring to delaying an action or decision. It implies a deferral or a setting aside for a later time.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0390 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:33
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:288
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΒΑΛΛΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΙ — to put off, to delay, to postpone, to defer, to throw up, to throw back, to throw away, to cast up, to cast back, to cast away
- ἈΝΑΒΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — putting on, delaying, deferring, postponing, throwing up, casting up, taking up, taking upon oneself
- ἈΝΕΒΑΛΕΝ — threw up, cast up, cast forth, put off, delayed
- ἈΝΕΒΑΛΕΤΟ — postponed, delayed, put off, deferred
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