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To risk

παραβουλεύομαι, παραβολεύομαιStrong’s G3851

parabouleuomai, paraboleuomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Parabouleuomai, paraboleuomai is the Greek word usually translated “having disregarded”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.”
Philippians 2:30 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having disregarded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having disregarded 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Philippians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    παραβουλεύομαι, παραβολεύομαι parabouleuomai, paraboleuomai · to risk

    παρα-βολεύομαι = cl. παραβάλλομαι (2Ma.14:38), to expose oneself to danger, hazard one's life: with dative ref., τ. ψυχῇ (see M, Pr., 64), Php.2:30 (Rec. παραβουλ-). Cited by Deiss., LAE, 84, 120.† παρα-βουλεύομαι, to consult amiss, or perh. (see LS, see word), a vulg. form of παρα-βολ- (which see) : Php.2:30, Rec.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “risk” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    RISK, noun

    1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to harm.
    2. In commerce, the hazard of loss, either of ship, goods or other property.
    All definitions and other forms of “risk”

      RISK, verb transitive

      1. To hazard; to endanger; to expose to injury or loss; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication; to risk life in defense of rights.
      2. To venture; to dare to undertake; as, to risk a battle or combat.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.