Word

ἀποσπάω

apospáō · G645 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to pull out, to draw out, to drag

To pull or draw away from or out of

Examples
Matthew 26:51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
to draw away, to lead away, to lure away to

(Figurative extension of meaning of ἀποσπάω ‘to pull out, to drag,’) To cause a change of belief so as to correspond more with the beliefs of the person or factor causing the change

Examples
Acts 20:30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.
to leave, to go off, to withdraw

To draw oneself away from, suggesting that the movement was not sudden

Examples
Luke 22:41 And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,
Acts 21:1 Now when we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara;

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 5 groups

ἸησοῦςJesus 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
μαθητήςdisciple 1
μάχαιραsword 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀπόfrom+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ὀπίσωbehind+ ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 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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Semantic domains 4 entries

To bid goodbye to, to take leave of33.21: In Acts 21:6, at the end of a visit at Tyre, Paul and his companions boarded the ship “having said farewell (apospasthéntes),” and the believers there “returned home,” describing a formal parting between friends.
To pull out, to draw out, to drag15.214: In Matthew 26:51, when Jesus was arrested, “one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew (apéspasen) his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest,” describing a weapon being physically pulled from its sheath.
To leave, to go off, to withdraw15.54: In Luke 22:41, in Gethsemane, Jesus “withdrew (apespásthē) from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,” describing Him physically moving apart from His disciples.
To draw away, to lead away, to lure away to31.74: In Acts 20:30, Paul warns the Ephesian elders that “from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away (apospãn) the disciples after them,” describing believers being pulled into following a false teacher.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σπάω spáō · G4685 · to pull, to drag, to draw · 2×ἀσπάζομαι aspázomai · G782 · to greet, to send greetings · 59×ἀσπασμός aspasmós · G783 · greetings · 10×ἀποσπάωapospáō · G645ἀνασπάω anaspáō · G385 · to pull up, to draw up · 2×διασπάω diaspáō · G1288 · to pull apart, to tear apart · 2×ἀπερισπάστως aperispástōs · G563 · without distraction, not distracting · 1×ἐπισπάομαι epispáomai · G1986 · to conceal circumcision, to extend the foreskin · 1×περισπάω perispáō · G4049 · to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποσπῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive ἀπεσπασθην; to draw off, tear away: τήν…

ἀποσπῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive ἀπεσπασθην; to draw off, tear away: τήν μάχαιραν, to draw one's sword, Mt 26:51 (ἐκσπαν τήν μάχαιραν (or ῤομφαίαν), 1 Sam 17:51 (Alex., etc.); σπαν, 1 Chr 11:11; Mk 14:47); ἀποσπᾶν τούς μαθητάς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν to draw away the disciples to their own party, Acts 20:30 (very similarly, Aelian v. h. 13, 32). Passive reflexively: ἀποσπασθεντες ἀπ' αὐτῶν having torn ourselves from the embrace of our friends, Acts 21:1; ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν he parted, tore himself, from them about a stone's cast, Lk 22:41; cf. Meyer at the passage (In secular authors from (Pindar and) Herodotus down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send2 occurrences Pull, Draw, Drag1 occurrence Change an Opinion Concerning Truth1 occurrence

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