Strong G4049περισπάω
to distract
- Transliteration
- perispaō
- Pronunciation
- per-ee-spah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
περι-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for עָנָה;]
to draw around, draw off or away. Metaphorical, to distract: pass., Luk.10:40.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עָנָה;]
to draw around, draw off or away. Metaphorical, to distract: pass., Luk.10:40.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4049 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cumber1
First verses
- Luke 10:40But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
περι-σπάω,
future -σπάσω[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.15)]:—draw off from around, strip off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.10)]; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.9, etc.)]:—middle, strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.13)] (so also in active, π. τὴν πορφύραν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23).)]
2 strip bare, περισπάσας ξίφος (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 296.)]
II wheel about, of a general, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.76.5)]; intransitive of the troops, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.116.5)]; especially wheel twice through a right angle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 12.6,a l)].; of a horse's bit, οὐ πάνυ π. not pulling it violently round, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 21.)]
III draw off or away, divert, εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a24; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.16.2; π. τοὺς Ῥωμαίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.22.5; τὸν πόλεμον [prev. author] 1.26.1)]; π. τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ draw it away, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 45; ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος π. τοὺς βαρβάρους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3; τὸν ἐντὸς.. θόρυβον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔξω πολέμους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.23; π. περὶ τὰς ἔξω στρατείας τὸν δῆμον [prev. author] 9.43)]: —passive, π. ὑπό τινων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PStrassb.” 112.13 (2nd c.BC))]; πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις περισπώμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 30.11)]; ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου π. to be drawn away and expanded, opposed to συστέλλεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863a5.)]
III.b detach, Συρίαν τινός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 1, compare “Hann.” 56; τινὰς αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀκροατῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.79 M.)]
III.2 disturb, vex, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 504, LXX.Eccl.5.19)]:—passive, ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 3.384.5 (2nd c.BC).)]
III.3 divert, distract, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.96b, 16oc; π. [τὴν διάνοιαν] ἀπό τινος 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.4, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.53 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 42.6)]:—passive, to be distracted or engaged, π. ταῖς διανοίαις [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.3.4; ὑπὸ βιωτικῆς χρείας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.24, +others; μηδ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνὸς περισπωμένη ἡ πόλις “IG” 22.1304.7; περί τινος LXX.Sir.41.2; περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν NT.Luke.10.40: _absolutely_, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.10.3.)]
III.4 steal, ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν ἀνάθημα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 45:)] —passive, ἅπαντα περιέσπασμαι I have been robbed of all, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 143.)]
III.5 passive, with infinitive, to be compelled to do a thing, περιησπάσθην (sic) ἀνενεγκεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PUniv.Giss.” 19.4 (1st c.AD).)]
IV Grammars, pronounce a vowel or word with the circumflex, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 33.24, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 26, etc.)]; especially on the last syllable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.52f, etc.; π. τὸν τόνον 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.15; τῷ τόνῳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.495)]; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11)]; π. [προσῳδία] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 630.2, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.29; περισπώμενος [φθόγγος] [prev. work] 46.)]
future -σπάσω[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.15)]:—draw off from around, strip off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.10)]; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.9, etc.)]:—middle, strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.13)] (so also in active, π. τὴν πορφύραν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 23).)]
2 strip bare, περισπάσας ξίφος (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 296.)]
II wheel about, of a general, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.76.5)]; intransitive of the troops, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.116.5)]; especially wheel twice through a right angle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 12.6,a l)].; of a horse's bit, οὐ πάνυ π. not pulling it violently round, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 21.)]
III draw off or away, divert, εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a24; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.16.2; π. τοὺς Ῥωμαίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.22.5; τὸν πόλεμον [prev. author] 1.26.1)]; π. τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ draw it away, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 45; ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος π. τοὺς βαρβάρους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.3; τὸν ἐντὸς.. θόρυβον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔξω πολέμους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.23; π. περὶ τὰς ἔξω στρατείας τὸν δῆμον [prev. author] 9.43)]: —passive, π. ὑπό τινων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PStrassb.” 112.13 (2nd c.BC))]; πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις περισπώμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 30.11)]; ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου π. to be drawn away and expanded, opposed to συστέλλεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 863a5.)]
III.b detach, Συρίαν τινός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 1, compare “Hann.” 56; τινὰς αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀκροατῶν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.79 M.)]
III.2 disturb, vex, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 504, LXX.Eccl.5.19)]:—passive, ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 3.384.5 (2nd c.BC).)]
III.3 divert, distract, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.96b, 16oc; π. [τὴν διάνοιαν] ἀπό τινος 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.4, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.53 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 42.6)]:—passive, to be distracted or engaged, π. ταῖς διανοίαις [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.3.4; ὑπὸ βιωτικῆς χρείας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.29, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 994.24, +others; μηδ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνὸς περισπωμένη ἡ πόλις “IG” 22.1304.7; περί τινος LXX.Sir.41.2; περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν NT.Luke.10.40: _absolutely_, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.10.3.)]
III.4 steal, ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν ἀνάθημα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 45:)] —passive, ἅπαντα περιέσπασμαι I have been robbed of all, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 143.)]
III.5 passive, with infinitive, to be compelled to do a thing, περιησπάσθην (sic) ἀνενεγκεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PUniv.Giss.” 19.4 (1st c.AD).)]
IV Grammars, pronounce a vowel or word with the circumflex, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 33.24, +others, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 26, etc.)]; especially on the last syllable, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.52f, etc.; π. τὸν τόνον 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 87.15; τῷ τόνῳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.495)]; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11)]; π. [προσῳδία] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 630.2, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.29; περισπώμενος [φθόγγος] [prev. work] 46.)]