Quick Definition
I drag up, pull up
Strong's Definition
to take up or extricate
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G4685 (σπάω);
KJV Usage: draw up, pull out
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνασπάω, ἀνάσπω: ἀνασπάσω; 1 aorist passive ἀνεσπασθην; to draw up: Luk_14:5; Act_11:10. (From Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνασπάω anaspaō 2x
to draw up, to draw out, Luk_14:5 ; Act_11:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα -σπάω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX for H3947 , H5927 hi .;]
to draw up: Luk_14:5 , Act_11:10 (in Papyri of pulling up barley; MM , VGT , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνασπάω [page 37]
In P Tebt II. 420 .25 (iii/A.D.) ἀνασπασθῇ is used with regard to the pulling up (?) of barley, with which the editors compare BGU III. 1041 .8 (ii/A.D.) ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀνεσπάσθη σου ἡ κριθὴ ἀρτ [ά ]β [αι ] ῑε̄ : we may add P Flor II. 235 .5 (A.D. 266) ἀνασπῶντι πυρόν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνασπάω "to draw up, pull up", Solon , Hdt. :—Mid., ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατο "he drew his" spear "forth again", Il. "to draw" a ship "up" on land, Hdt. , Thuc. "to draw or suck up greedily", αἷμα Aesch. : but, ὕδωρ ἀν. "to draw" water, Thuc. "to tear up", Hdt. , attic metaph., ἀνασπᾶν λόγους "to draw forth" words, "to utter violent, offensive" words, Soph. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν "to draw up" the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, Ar. ; so, τὰ μέτωπα ἀν. id=Ar. "to draw back", τὴν χεῖρα id=Ar. "to carry away from home", Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-σπάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for לָקַח, עָלָה hi. ;]
to draw up: Luk.14:5, Act.11:10 (in π. of pulling up barley; MM, VGT, see word).†
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