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Bailly

πετρο·ϐόλος, ος, ον, qui lance des pierres, XÉN. Hell. 2, 4, 12 ; subst. ὁ πετροϐόλος (s.-e. καταπέλτης) SPT. Job 41, 19 ; POL. 1, 53, 11 ; 5, 4, 6, etc. ; DS. 2, 27, etc., ou τὸ πετροϐόλον, JOS. A.J. 9, 10, 3, machine à lancer des pierres, pierrier, baliste.

Étym. πέτρος, βάλλω.

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LSJ

ον, throwing stones, X. HG 2.4.12. Subst. πετροβόλος, ὁ, engine for throwing stones, Plb. 5.44.6, LXX Jb. 41.19, Ath.Mech. 34.2, etc. ; distd. from καταπέλτης, Plb. 8.7.2 (but καταπέλτας ὀξυβελεῖς τε καὶ πετροβόλους D.S. 18.51, cf. IG2². 468.1); neut. πετροβόλα (sc. ὄργανα), opp. δορυβόλα, J. AJ 9.10.3.
sling, v.l. in LXX 1 Ki. 14.14. λίθοι πετρόβολοι hurled as from a sling, of hailstones, ib. Ez. 13.11, 13.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)

Pape

Steine werfend, schleudernd, Xen. Hell. 2.4.12 ; von den Ballisten, Pol. 5.4.6, 8.9.2.
Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)

TBESG

1. throwing stones , [Xenophon Historicus (5th/4th c.BC)]
2. as Substantive, πετροβόλος, an engine for throwing stones , Lat. ballista, [Polybius Historicus (Refs 2nd c.BC)], etc. (ML)
Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars
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