ἀποσπάω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist
ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive
ἀπεσπάσθην;
to draw off, tear away:
τ.
μάχαιραν, to draw one's sword,
Matthew 26:51 (
ἐκσπᾶν τ.
μάχ. (or
ῤομφαίαν),
1 Samuel 17:51 [
Alex., etc.];
σπᾶν,
1 Chronicles 11:11;
Mark 14:47);
ἀποσπᾶν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν to draw away the disciples to their own party,
Acts 20:30, (very similarly, Aelian v. h. 13, 32). Passive reflexively:
ἀποσπασθέντες 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,
Luke 22:41; cf. Meyer at the passage. (In secular authors from [Pindar and] Herodotus down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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1 Samuel
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17:51
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1 Chronicles
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11:11
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Matthew
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26:51
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Mark
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14:47
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Luke
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22:41
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Acts
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20:30; 21:1
