What does προβιβάζω (probibázō) mean in the Bible?
προβιβάζω (probibázō): To incite or urge someone forward to action, often with manipulative or coercive intent.
Greek · G4264
προβιβάζω
To prompt
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προβιβάζωG4264
Pronunciationprobibázō
What does προβιβάζω (probibázō) mean in the Bible?
προβιβάζω (probibázō): To incite or urge someone forward to action, often with manipulative or coercive intent.
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How does the BSB render G4264?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Prompted (1).
Where does προβιβάζω (probibázō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (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 ItPrompted1×Matthew 14:8
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 14:8
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
προβιβασθεῖσα1xprobibastheisaMatthew 14:8
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 14:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To incite or urge someone forward to action, often with manipulative or coercive intent.
Strong'sG4264
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to prompt
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To incite or urge someone forward to action, often with manipulative or coercive intent.
to lead forward, lead on; metaphorically, to induce, incite, urge: Mat.14:8.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:8Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
προβιβασθεῖσαprobibasqeisa
I urge forward
Read verseActs 19:33Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
προεβίβασανproebibasan
I urge forward
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.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesPassive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Aorist PassiveMatt 14:81×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
passive1
Mood
participle1
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
προβιβάζω is built from these roots: