Quick Definition
ἀνασπάω v. I drag up, pull up
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 4685; to take up or extricate
KJV Usage: draw up, pull out
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σπάομαι
15.213 · Linear Movement · Pull, Draw, Drag
to pull up, to draw up to pull or draw something in an upward direction In a number of languages clear distinctions are made on the basis of the means by which something is pulled or drawn. For example, to pull something by means of a rope may be entirely different from a term indicating that the object itself has been seized and is being drawn or dragged.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-σπάω, -@: ἀνασπάσω; 1 aor. pass. ἀνεσπάσθην; to draw up: Lk. xiv.5; Acts xi. 10. [From Hom. down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνασπάω anaspaō 2x
to draw up, to draw out, Lk. 14:5; Acts 11:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-σπάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX for לקח, עלה hi.;]
to draw up: Lk 14:5, Ac 11:10 (in π. of pulling up barley; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνασπάω. In P Tebt II. 420% (ili/A.p.) ἀνασπασθῇ is used with regard to the ‘‘ pulling up” (?) of barley, with which the editors compare BGU IIT. 10418 (ii/A.p.) ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀνεσπάσθη σον ἡ κριθὴ ἀρτ[ά]β[αι] τε : we may add P Flor II. 235° (A.D. 266) ἀνασπῶντι πυρόν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνασπάω (anaspaō) — to pull up. ἀνα-σπάω, poetry ἀνσπ-, draw, pull up, σπυρίδα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] __b draw a ship up on land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. draw, suck up greedily, ὅταν αἷμ᾽ ἀνασπάσῃ κόνις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ποτόν, τροφήν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕδωρ ἀ. draw water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. draw back, τὴν χεῖρα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατ᾽[Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. tear up, pull down, τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐκ τῶν βάθρων[Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. metaphorically, ἀνασπᾶν λόγους, in [Refs 5th c.BC+], draw forth words, utter wild, incoherent words; ἀνασπῶντ᾽ αὐτοπρέμνοις τοῖς λόγοισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—the phrase may be explanation from [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ὥσπερ ἐκ φαρέτρας ῥηματίσκια.. ἀνασπῶντες) and [Refs 4th c.BC+] (πόθεν.. τούτους ἀνεσπάκασιν οὗτοι τοὺς λόγου;); so ἀ. γνωμίδιον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν pucker the eyebrows, and so put on a grave important air, τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνεσπακὼς ὥσπερ τι δεινὸν ἀγγελῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. retract, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. carry away from home, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]