What does ἀναβάλλομαι (anabállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀναβάλλομαι (anabállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to put off (for oneself)".
Greek · G306
ἀναβάλλομαι
To put off (for oneself)
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ἀναβάλλομαιG306
Pronunciationanabállomai
What does ἀναβάλλομαι (anabállomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀναβάλλομαι (anabállomai) is a Greek word meaning "to put off (for oneself)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G306?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include adjourned the hearing (1).
Where does ἀναβάλλομαι (anabállomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 24:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itadjourned the hearing1×Acts 24:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 24:22
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
Ἀνεβάλετο1xAnebaletoActs 24:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular1xActs 24:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to put off (for oneself)
Source Gloss
to put off (for oneself)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to defer, put off (MM, VGT, see word): mid., Act.24:22.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 24:22Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
ἀνεβάλετοanebaleto
I postpone, defer
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
middle1
Mood
indicative1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀναβάλλομαι is built from these roots: