to draw away

Greek, Verb

ἀπο-σπάω, -ῶ [in LXX for נָתַק: ni, hi, etc;] to draw off or away, tear away (MM, see word): Act.20:30; μάχαιραν, draw a sword, Mat.26:51; pass, to be parted or withdrawn (Field, Notes, 134; but see Thayer, see word), Luk.22:41, Act.21:1. (AS)

to draw away

Greek, Verb

ἀπο-σπάω, future -σπάσω [ᾰ], tear or drag away from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+] tear a thing from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινά tear him away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων[Refs]; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινὰ ἀπό τινος[NT+5th c.BC+]middle, τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bone, to be torn off, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) ἀ. τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, tear off the gates, doors, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]having drawn off, [Refs]:—passive, of troops, to become separated or broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) withdraw, reclaim, [Refs] 6) ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, eunuch, [LXX] II) intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously); (with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from; from g575 (ἀπό) and g4685 (σπάω);