Strong's Lexicon
G645 — ἀποσπάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G645 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποσπάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G4685 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | apospao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-os-pah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to drag forth 2. (literally) unsheathe (a sword) 3. (relatively, with a degree of force implied) withdraw (personally or factiously) |
| KJV Renderings: | (with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποσπάω, ἀποσπῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive ἀπεσπασθην; to draw off, tear away: τήν μάχαιραν, to draw one’s sword, Mat 26:51 (ἐκσπαν τήν μάχαιραν (or ῤομφαίαν), 1Sa 17:51 (Alex., etc.); σπαν, 1Ch 11:11; Mar 14:47); ἀποσπᾶν τούς μαθητάς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν to draw away the disciples to their own party, Act 20:30 (very similarly, Aelian v. h. 13, 32). Passive reflexively: ἀποσπασθεντες ἀπ’ αὐτῶν having torn ourselves from the embrace of our friends, Act 21:1; ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ’ αὐτῶν he parted, tore himself, from them about a stone’s cast, Luk 22:41; cf. Meyer at the passage (In secular authors from (Pindar and) Herodotus down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποσπάω ((with-)draw (away))
Matthew 26:51
- KJV: And behold one of them which were with Jesus stretched out hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the high priest’s and smote off his ear
- GK: και ιδού εις των μετά Ιησού εκτείνας την χείρα απέσπασεν την μάχαιραν αυτού και πατάξας τον δούλον του αρχιερέως αφείλεν αυτού το ωτίον
Luke 22:41
- KJV: And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast and kneeled down and prayed
- GK: και αυτός απεσπάσθη απ΄ αυτών ωσεί λίθου βολήν και θείς τα γόνατα προσηύχετο
Acts 20:30
- KJV: Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them
- GK: και εξ υμών αυτών αναστήσονται άνδρες λαλούντες διεστραμμένα του αποσπάν τους μαθητάς οπίσω αυτών
Acts 21:1
- KJV: And it came to pass that after we were gotten from them and had launched we came with a straight course unto Coos and the following unto Rhodes and from thence unto Patara
- GK: ως δε εγένετο αναχθήναι ημάς αποσπασθέντας απ΄ αυτών ευθυδρομήσαντες ήλθομεν εις την Κων τη δε εξής εις την Ρόδον κακείθεν εις Πάταρα