Dictionary entry

παρεμβάλλω

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

παρ-εμ-βάλλω,

[in LXX freq. and chiefly for חנה;]

1. to put in beside or between, interpose.

2. In late writers (Polyb., al., LXX) as technical military term;

(a) of soldiers, to draw up in line (freq. in I Mac 2:32, al.);

(b) of siege works, to cast up: c. acc. et dat., χάρακά σοι, Lk 19:43.†