STRONGS G2603:
καταβραβεύω, imperative 3 person singular
καταβραβευέτω; (properly,
βραβεύω to be an umpire in a contest,
κατά namely,
τίνος, against one); "to decide as umpire against one, to declare him unworthy of the prize; to defraud of the prize of victory":
τινα, metaphorically,
to deprive of salvation, Colossians 2:18, where cf. Meyer (
Lightfoot, especially Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii.). (
Eustathius ad Iliad 1, 93, 33 (vss. 402f)
καταβραβευει αὐτόν,
ὡς φασίν οἱ παλαιοι; but in the earlier Greek writings that have come down to us, it is found only in (pseudo-) dem. adv. middle, p. 544 at the end, where it is used of one who by bribing the judges causes another to be condemned.)
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