to throw: throw
Ballo describes casting or putting people and things into, onto, or away from a place, including deposits and lots.
The verb most often marks the directed casting of a person or object into, toward, or away from a place, including nets, stones, people, and things consigned to fire or prison. It also appears for putting or depositing items into a container or location, and in clauses about casting lots; some contexts use the same action in figurative statements about fear, fire, or a sword.
Senses in use
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Cast or hurl toward a destination · dominant
Active and passive forms mark people or objects being directed into a location: in John 21:6 the APB renders the command and response, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” while John 15:6 describes branches gathered and thrown into fire. The same movement appears when stones are prepared for use against Jesus in John 8:59 and when a man throws himself into the sea in John 21:7.
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Put or deposit into a place · common
The active forms can describe placing something into a specified space rather than a forceful hurl. In John 18:11 the APB renders the command, “Put the sword into the sheath”; in John 13:5 water is put into a basin, and in Luke 21:1 gifts are put into the treasury.
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Set forth an effect or figurative object · occasional
Some clauses use an abstract or figurative object while retaining the action of casting or putting. In 1 John 4:18 the present active form occurs in the clause the APB renders “perfect love casts out fear,” and Luke 12:49 has an aorist infinitive in the statement about throwing fire upon the earth. John 13:2 likewise describes something already put into Judas's heart.
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Cast lots in deciding an allotment · rare
Present participial forms occur in the soldiers' division of garments: in John 19:24 the APB renders the clause “cast lots for it,” and Mark 15:24 similarly describes “casting lots for them” to decide each person's share.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses “throw,” “cast,” “put,” and “pour,” and it uses “cast lots” in the garment-distribution clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.