In general "to throw," with various degrees of violence; usually, with force, but not so necessarily, as e.g. in "cast a net," "cast lots." When applied to molten metal, as in English, first, "to let run. into molds," with reference to their descent by gravity, and, then, "to form," as inEx 25:12, etc. Usually in the New Testament for ballo, but not always. Thus, inLu 1:29"cast in her mind" means "considered" (dielogizeto); "cast reproach" for Greek oneidizon, "reproached" (Mt 27:44); "casting down" for kathaireo, "demolishing" (2Co 10:4); "casting all anxiety upon" (1Pe 5:7), a still stronger term, as inLu 17:2the King James Version;Ac 27:19. As a fundamental Greek word, it is compounded with many prepositions, "about," "away," "down," "forth," "in," "into," "off," "out," "up," "upon." "Cast down" in2Co 4:9the King James Version is used in a military sense of one prostrated, but not killed in battle. ComparePs 42:5with the Revised Version, margin. "Castaway" of the King James Version in1Co 9:27, is in the Revised Version (British and American) "rejected" (compareHebrews 6:8), adokimos, i.e. what the application of a test shows to be counterfeit, or unfit; translated "reprobate" inRo 1:28;2Co 13:5,6,7, etc.
H. E. Jacobs