STRONGS G4685:
σπάω,
σπω: 1 aorist middle
ἐσπασαμην; (cognate with
ἀσπάζομαι (to draw to oneself, embrace, etc.), English
spasm, etc.); from
Homer down; the
Sept. chiefly for
שָׁלַף;
to draw: middle with
μαχοιραν (cf.
Buttmann, § 135, 4), to draw one's sword,
Mark 14:47;
Acts 16:27 (
Numbers 22:31;
τήν ῥομφαιον, 23;
Judges 9:54, etc.). (Compare:
ἀνασπάω,
ἀποσπάω,
διασπάω,
ἐπισπάω,
περισπάω.)
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