σύρω
sýrō · G4951 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to pull, to drag, to draw
To pull or drag, requiring force because of the inertia of the object being dragged
ExamplesJohn 21:8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.
Acts 14:19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead.
Revelation 12:4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her Child.
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to drag, to lead by force
To drag or pull by physical force, often implying resistance
ExamplesActs 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 17:6 When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: they 2
- Not stated (participle) 2
- οὐράtail 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 6 groups
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
- δίκτυονnet 1
- ἸάσωνJason 1
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- τρίτοςthird 1
- ἀδελφόςbrother 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔξωoutside+ πόλιςcity 1
- ἐπίon+ πολιτάρχηςcity official 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σπάω spáō · G4685 · to pull, to drag, to draw
- Both verbs describe forceful pulling or drawing actions, though σύρω emphasizes dragging or trailing motion while σπάω focuses on the act of drawing out or unsheathing. The semantic overlap is genuine but the verbs are not fully interchangeable in all contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To drag, to lead by force15.178
- Luke records that a mob “began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, 'These men who have upset the world have come here also'” (Acts 17:6).
- To pull, to drag, to draw15.212
- John records that the other disciples “came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish” (John 21:8).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἔσυρον; from (Aeschylus and Herodotus (in compound), Aristotle), Theocritus…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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