παραβάλλω

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

πᾰρᾰβάλλω • (parabállō)

1. to throw beside, by or to, to hold out
2. (Byzantine) to feed (an animal)
3. to cast in one's teeth
4. to expose (to danger)
5. (middle voice) to risk, hazard, gamble with
6. to lay beside, compare with
   • The Gospel of Mark 4:30:

     Καὶ ἔλεγε, Τίνι ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; ἢ ἐν ποίᾳ παραβολῇ παραβάλωμεν αὐτήν;

     Kaì élege, Tíni homoiṓsōmen tḕn basileían toû Theoû? ḕ en poíāi parabolêi parabálōmen autḗn?

     And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? (KJV)

7. (middle voice) to vie with one another
8. to bring alongside
9. to throw, turn, bend sideways
10. to deposit with, entrust to
11. (middle voice) to deceive, betray
12. to come near, approach
13. to go by sea, cross over
    • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20:15:

      κἀκεῖθεν ἀποπλεύσαντες, τῇ ἐπιούσῃ κατηντήσαμεν ἀντικρὺ Χίου· τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ παρεβάλομεν εἰς Σάμον· καὶ μείναντες ἐν Τρωγυλλίῳ, τῇ ἐχομένῃ ἤλθομεν εἰς Μίλητον.

      kakeîthen apopleúsantes, têi epioúsēi katēntḗsamen antikrù Khíou; têi dè hetérāi parebálomen eis Sámon; kaì meínantes en Trōgullíōi, têi ekhoménēi ḗlthomen eis Mílēton.

      And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. (KJV)

14. to turn aside, pass over
15. (Byzantine) to suggest

• ἀντιπαραβάλλω (antiparabállō)
• προπαραβάλλω (proparabállō)
• παραβολή (parabolḗ)

• → Greek: παραβάλλω (paravállo) (learned)

• παραβάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παραβάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• παραβάλλω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “παραβάλλω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “παραβάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3846 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adventure idem, page 14.
  • bet idem, page 76.
  • compare idem, page 150.
  • compromise idem, page 153.
  • endanger idem, page 272.
  • expose idem, page 295.
  • hazard idem, page 389.
  • imperil idem, page 420.
  • jeopardise idem, page 462.
  • risk idem, page 717.
  • stake idem, page 809.
  • venture idem, page 947.
  • wager idem, page 959.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰβᾰ́λλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”). By surface analysis, παρά- (pará-, “beside”) +‎ βάλλω (vállo, “to throw”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈva.lo/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρα‧βάλ‧λω
• Homophone: παραβάλω (paraválo)

παραβάλλω • (paravállo) (past παρέβαλα, passive παραβάλλομαι)

1. to compare
2. to parallel, collate

• πβ (pv, “cf, compare with”)