Strong G385ἀνασπάω
to pull up
- Transliteration
- anaspaō
- Pronunciation
- an-as-pah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνα-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for לָקַח, עָלָה hi.;]
to draw up: Luk.14:5, Act.11:10 (in π. of pulling up barley; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX for לָקַח, עָלָה hi.;]
to draw up: Luk.14:5, Act.11:10 (in π. of pulling up barley; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G385 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- draw1
- out1
- pull1
First verses
- Luke 14:5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
- Acts 11:10And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνα-σπάω,
poetry ἀνσπ-, draw, pull up, σπυρίδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16, compare 4.154; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων [prev. author] 2.92)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1041.8 (3rd c.AD).)]
b draw a ship up on land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9.)]
2 draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 647; ἀ. ὑγρόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a26, “PA” 661a19)]; ὕδωρ ἀ. draw water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97.)]
3 draw back, τὴν χεῖρα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 691)]:—so in middle, ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.574.)]
4 tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86; τὴν σκηνήν [prev. author] 7.119; τὸ σταύρωμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.100; τύμβους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1381, compare “Ba.” 949; δένδρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b29, +others; τὰς σανιδας τῆς γεφύρας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.5.5; πυλίδας [prev. author] 5.39.4, etc.)]
5 metaphorically, ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 302)], draw forth words, utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντ᾽ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 903)]:—the phrase may be explanation from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180a)] (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια.. ἀνασπῶντες) and [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 429)] (πόθεν.. τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγου;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 49D.)]
6 τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν pucker the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 1069, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314; ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ καὶ τὰ μέτωπ᾽ ἀνέσπασεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 631; μέχρι νεφέων τὴν ὀφρὺν ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 174, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.10; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπασμένοι πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b27.)]
II retract, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 22, “Steril.” 217.)]
III carry away from home, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 28 codices)]
poetry ἀνσπ-, draw, pull up, σπυρίδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16, compare 4.154; βύβλον ἐκ τῶν ἑλέων [prev. author] 2.92)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1041.8 (3rd c.AD).)]
b draw a ship up on land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.27, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9.)]
2 draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 647; ἀ. ὑγρόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 495a26, “PA” 661a19)]; ὕδωρ ἀ. draw water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97.)]
3 draw back, τὴν χεῖρα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 691)]:—so in middle, ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.574.)]
4 tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86; τὴν σκηνήν [prev. author] 7.119; τὸ σταύρωμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.100; τύμβους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1381, compare “Ba.” 949; δένδρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 497b29, +others; τὰς σανιδας τῆς γεφύρας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.5.5; πυλίδας [prev. author] 5.39.4, etc.)]
5 metaphorically, ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 302)], draw forth words, utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντ᾽ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 903)]:—the phrase may be explanation from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180a)] (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια.. ἀνασπῶντες) and [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 429)] (πόθεν.. τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγου;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 49D.)]
6 τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν pucker the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 1069, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 16, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314; ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ καὶ τὰ μέτωπ᾽ ἀνέσπασεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 631; μέχρι νεφέων τὴν ὀφρὺν ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 174, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.10; οἱ τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπασμένοι πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b27.)]
II retract, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 22, “Steril.” 217.)]
III carry away from home, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 28 codices)]