Greek verb · G645
ἀποσπάω
apospaoap-os-pah'-o
to draw away
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apospáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G645is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G645
to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously)
The King James renders it: (with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apospao is rendered "to draw away". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:51At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
Matthew 26:51ἀπέσπασεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- drew1
- having drawn away1
- to draw away1
- withdrew1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποστέλλω | apostello | to send | Uses132 |
| ἀπόστολος | apostolos | apostle | Uses79 |
| ἀποστρέφω | apostrepho | to turn away | Uses9 |
| ἀποστερέω | apostereo | to defraud | Uses6 |
| ἀποστολή | apostole | apostleship | Uses4 |
| ἀποστάσιον | apostasion | divorce | Uses3 |
| ἀποσυνάγωγος | aposynagogos | excommunicated | Uses3 |
| ἀποστασία | apostasia | apostasy | Uses2 |
| ἀποστυγέω | apostygeo | to abhor | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκευάζω | aposkeuazo | to pack up | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκίασμα | aposkiasma | shadow | Uses1 |
| ἀποστεγάζω | apostegazo | to unroof | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπέσπασεν1
- ἀπεσπάσθη1
- ἀποσπᾶν1
- ἀποσπασθέντας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-APP-APM
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Matthew
one use
At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
- ἀπέσπασενapespasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: drew
Luke
one use
And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- ἀπεσπάσθηapespastheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
Acts
two uses
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
- ἀποσπᾶνapospanverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to draw away
After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
- ἀποσπασθένταςapospasthentasverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having drawn away
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.