Lexicon apospaó: to draw off, draw away Original Word: ἀποσπάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apospaó Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-pah'-o) Short Definition: I wrench away from, drag away, withdraw Definition: lit: I wrench away from, drag away, but perhaps sometimes in the well-attested weakened sense: I am parted or withdrawn. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apo and spaóDefinitionto draw off, draw away NASB Translationdraw away (1), drew (1), parted (1), withdrew (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 645: ἀποσπάωἀποσπάω, ἀποσπῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive ἀπεσπασθην; to draw off, tear away: τήν μάχαιραν, to draw one's sword, Matthew 26:51 ( ἐκσπαν τήν μάχαιραν (or ῤομφαίαν), 1 Samuel 17:51 ( Alex., etc.); σπαν, 1 Chronicles 11:11; Mark 14:47); ἀποσπᾶν τούς μαθητάς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν to draw away the disciples to their own party, Acts 20:30 (very similarly, Aelian v. h. 13, 32). Passive reflexively: ἀποσπασθεντες ἀπ' αὐτῶν having torn ourselves from the embrace of our friends, Acts 21:1; ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν he parted, tore himself, from them about a stone's cast, Luke 22:41; cf. Meyer at the passage (In secular authors from ( Pindar and) Herodotus down.)
Strong's withdraw, retire. From apo and spao; to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously) -- (with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from. see GREEK apo see GREEK spao |
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