Dictionary entry

παραβάλλω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρα-βάλλω,

[in LXX: Pr 2:24:205:1, 1322:17 (נטה hi.), Ru 2:16 (שׁלל), II Mac 14:38 (elsewhere as v.l.4)*;]

1. to throw to or beside, as fodder to horses (Hom., al.).

2. to lay beside, compare (Hdt., Plat., al.): Mk 4:30, Rec.

3. Reflexive, to betake oneself, come near; of seamen, to cross over: εἰς Σάμον, Ac 20:15.

4. In mid. = παρα-βολεύομαι, q.v.†