Lexicon
ὑποβάλλω
hupoballō
G5260
G:V Greek

to instigate

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Hupoballo describes prompting men to make an accusation against someone.

The attested use describes prompting men to make a charge, as the clause in Acts 6:11 leads into their declaration against Stephen.

Senses in use

  1. Prompting men to make an accusation · dominant

    In Acts 6:11, the aorist active indicative plural form introduces men who then declare that they heard Stephen speaking blasphemous declarations against Moses and God; the APB renders the clause, “Then they instigated men declaring.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 6:11, the APB presents the action as “Then they instigated men declaring,”.

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