βραβεύω (βραβεύς,
an umpire), [in LXX: Wis.10:12 *;] (a) prop,
to act as umpire; hence, (b) generally,
to arbitrate, decide (Isocr, Dem; Lft,
Col., l.with; MM, see word): Col.3:15; (with) in some late writers,
to direct, rule, control (so in Col, l.with, accusative to Thayer, see word, Meyer, in l.), (cf. κατα-βραβεύω). (
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