Strong G645ἀποσπάω
to draw away
- Transliteration
- apospaō
- Pronunciation
- ap-os-pah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for נָתַק: ni., hi., etc.;]
to draw off or away, tear away (MM, see word): Act.20:30; μάχαιραν, draw a sword, Mat.26:51; pass., to be parted or withdrawn (Field, Notes, 134; but see Thayer, see word), Luk.22:41, Act.21:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָתַק: ni., hi., etc.;]
to draw off or away, tear away (MM, see word): Act.20:30; μάχαιραν, draw a sword, Mat.26:51; pass., to be parted or withdrawn (Field, Notes, 134; but see Thayer, see word), Luk.22:41, Act.21:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G645 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- draw2
- get1
- withdraw1
First verses
- Matthew 26:51And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
- Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
- Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
- Acts 21:1And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπο-σπάω,
future -σπάσω [ᾰ], tear or drag away from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1024, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, compare 102; ἀποσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι)] tear a thing from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 866)]; ἀ. τινά tear him away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91)]; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.8: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1432)]; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων[Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 809)]; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.129 (3rd c.BC))]; τινὰ ἀπό τινος[NT+5th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1125.9 (1st c.BC),compare below 5; μαθητάς NT.Act.20.30; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 962:—)]middle, τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 76)]:—passive, to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.33, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81)]; of a bone, to be torn off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 13; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν [prev. author] “Mochl.” 6.)]
2 ἀ. τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 909.)]
3 ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, tear off the gates, doors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, 3.159, etc.: _metaphorically_, πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα] 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 824.)]
4 ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.17: _absolutely_, ἀποσπάσας)]having drawn off, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.2.11)]:—passive, of troops, to become separated or broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.80, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.27.9.)]
5 withdraw, reclaim, [Refs (POxy. 496.9.)]
6 ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, eunuch, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.24.)]
II intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.48, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 11, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.22; and in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.3 the best Mss. give πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα (for ἀπέπτα) φεύγουσα [στρουθός].)]
future -σπάσω [ᾰ], tear or drag away from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1024, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1, compare 102; ἀποσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι)] tear a thing from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 866)]; ἀ. τινά tear him away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91)]; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.8: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1432)]; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων[Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 809)]; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.129 (3rd c.BC))]; τινὰ ἀπό τινος[NT+5th c.BC+ (“BGU” 1125.9 (1st c.BC),compare below 5; μαθητάς NT.Act.20.30; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 962:—)]middle, τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 76)]:—passive, to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.33, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81)]; of a bone, to be torn off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 13; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν [prev. author] “Mochl.” 6.)]
2 ἀ. τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 909.)]
3 ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, tear off the gates, doors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.17, 3.159, etc.: _metaphorically_, πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα] 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 824.)]
4 ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.17: _absolutely_, ἀποσπάσας)]having drawn off, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.2.11)]:—passive, of troops, to become separated or broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.80, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.27.9.)]
5 withdraw, reclaim, [Refs (POxy. 496.9.)]
6 ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, eunuch, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.24.)]
II intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.48, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 11, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.22; and in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.3 the best Mss. give πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα (for ἀπέπτα) φεύγουσα [στρουθός].)]