ἀπο-σπάω, fut. -σπάσω [ᾰ ],
I
1. tear or drag away from, τινός S. Aj. 1024, Pl. R. 491b, etc.; ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς καὶ τέκνων Hdt. 3.1, cf. 102; ἀποσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ’ αὐτῆς S. OT 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάσῃς E. Hec. 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι tear a thing from one, S. OC 866; ἀ. τινά tear him away, Hdt. 6.91; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, Plb. 2.26.8: metaph., ἀ. τινὰ ἐλπίδος S. OT 1432; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων Id. El. 809; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, PPetr. 3p.129 (iii B.C.); τινὰ ἀπό τινος BGU 1125.9 (i B.C.), cf. infr. 5; μαθητάς [Act 20:30]; ἀ. πολίτας τῆς θαλάσσης Plu. Them. 19; ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονεῖν τινά Ar. Ra. 962: - Med., τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας Plu. Pomp. 76: - Pass., to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός Pi. P. 9.33, E. Alc. 287, etc.; ἐξ ἱροῦ Hdt. 1.160; ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν Th. 3.81; of a bone, to be torn off, Hp. Art. 13; ἀκρώμιον -σπασθέν Id. Mochl. 6.
2. ἀ. τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, A. Supp. 909.
3. ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, tear off the gates, doors, Hdt. 1.17, 3.159, etc.: metaph., πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν [ῥήματα ] Ar. Ra. 824.
4. ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, X. HG 1.3.17: abs., ἀποσπάσας having drawn off, Id. An. 7.2.11: - Pass., of troops, to become separated or broken, Th. 7.80, Plb. 1.27.9.
5. withdraw, reclaim, POxy. 496.9.
6. ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, eunuch, LXX [Lev 22:24].
II intr. (sc. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, Ael. NA 10.48, Luc. Icar. 11, D.C. 56.22; and in X. An. 1.5.3 the best Mss. give πολὺ γὰρ ἀπέσπα (for ἀπέπτα) φεύγουσα [στρουθός].
ἀποσπάω apospaō 4x
to draw away from;
to draw out or forth, [Mat 26:51];
to draw away, seduce, [Act 20:30];
to separate one’s self, to part, [Luk 22:41]; [Act 21:1]
G645 — ἀποσπάω
ἀποσπῶ; 1 aorist ἀπέσπασα; 1 aorist passive ἀπεσπασθην; to draw off, tear away: τήν μάχαιραν, to draw one's sword, [Mat 26:51] (ἐκσπαν τήν μάχαιραν (or ῤομφαίαν), [1Sa 17:51] (Alex., etc.); σπαν, [1Ch 11:11]; [Mar 14:47]); ἀποσπᾶν τούς μαθητάς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν to draw away the disciples to their own party, [Act 20:30] (very similarly, Aelian v. h. 13, 32). Passive reflexively: ἀποσπασθεντες ἀπ' αὐτῶν having torn ourselves from the embrace of our friends, [Act 21:1]; ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν he parted, tore himself, from them about a stone's cast, [Luk 22:41]; cf. Meyer at the passage (In secular authors from (Pindar and) Herodotus down.)
ἀπο - σπάω , - ῶ ,
[in LXX for H5423: ni ., hi ., etc.;]
to draw off or away, tear away ( MM , s.v. ): [Act 20:30]; μάχαιραν , draw a sword, [Mat 26:51]; pass ., to be parted or withdrawn ( Field, Notes , 134; but v. Thayer , s.v. ), [Luk 22:41], [Act 21:1]. †