Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to rule
Usage: βραβεύω (βραβεύς, an umpire), [in LXX: Wis.10:12 * ;] __(a) prop., to act as umpire; hence, __(b) generally, to arbitrate, decide (Isocr., Dem.; Lft., Col., l.with; MM, see word): Col.3:15; __(with) in some late writers, to direct, rule, control (so in Col., l.with, accusative to Thayer, see word, Meyer, in l.), (cf. κατα-βραβεύω). † (AS)