STRONGS G940:
βασκαίνω: 1 aorist
ἐβάσκανα, on which form cf. Winers Grammar, [75 (72)]; 83 (80); [Buttmann, 41 (35);
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 25f; Paralip., p. 21f]; (
βάζω,
βάσκω [
φάσκω] to speak, talk);
τινά [Winer's Grammar, 223 (209)];
1. to speak ill of one, to slander, traduce him, (Demosthenes 8, 19 [94, 19]; Aelian v. h. 2, 13, etc.).
2. to bring evil on one by feigned praise or
an evil eye, to charm, bewitch one, (Aristotle, probl. 20, 34 [p. 926
b, 24]; Theocritus, 6, 39; Aelian nat. an. 1, 35); hence, of those who lead away others into error by wicked arts (Diodorus 4, 6):
Galatians 3:1. Cf. Schott [or Bp. Lightfoot] at the passage;
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 462.
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