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Strong's #1000 - βολή
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βολή, ἡ,
throw:
1 stroke or wound of a missile (opp. πληγή, of sword or pike), Od. 17.283, cf. 24.161; β. πέτρων E. Or. 59; λίθων Phld. Ir. p.31 W. (pl.); μέχρι λίθου καὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆς Th. 5.65; β. ἔρωτος shafts of love, AP 12.160; βολαῖς.. σφόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν by its stroke or touch, A. Ag. 1329; swing of ἁλτῆρες, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.34.1.
2. κύβων βολαί throws or casts of dicc, S. Fr. 429.
3. metaph., β. ὀφθαλμῶν quick glances, Od. 4.150; κάτω.. βλεμμάτων ῥέπει β. A. Fr. 242, cf. Philostr. VS 2.27.5.
4. β. κεραύνιοι thunder- bolts, A. Th. 430; βολαὶ ἡλίου sun- beams, S. Aj. 877, cf. E. Ion 1134; χρυσοῦ.. βολαῖς with golden rays, of a statue, IG 14.1026 (iii A. D.); βολαὶ χιόνος radiance, E. Ba. 662; τὰς ψυχὰς οἷον βολὰς εἶναι λέγουσιν Plot. 6.4.3.
5. βολαί, = ὠδῖνες, Procop. Goth. 4.22.
6. payment, ἀποδώσω ἐπὶ βολαῖς δυσίν Stud.Pal. 20.139 (vi A. D.).
βολή, βολης, ἡ (βάλλω), a throw: ὡσεί λίθου βολήν about a stone's throw, as far as a stone can be cast by the hand, Luke 22:41 (ὡσεί τόξου βολήν, Genesis 21:16; μέχρι λίθου καί ἀκοντιου βολης, Thucydides 5, 65; ἐξ ἀκοντιου βολης, Xenophon, Hell. 4, 5, 15).
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βολή , -ῆς , ἡ
(< βάλλω ),
[in LXX: Genesis 21:16 (H2909), 2 Maccabees 5:3, 3 Maccabees 5:26*;]
a throw; λίθου β . (Thuc., v, 65, 2),
a stone's throw: Luke 22:41.†
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