ἈΠΟΣΠΑΣΑΙ, ἀποσπασαι
APOSPASAI, apospasai
Sounds Like: ah-po-SPAH-sai
Translations: to draw away, to pull away, to separate, to detach, to withdraw
From the root: ἈΠΟΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb σπάω (spaō), meaning 'to draw' or 'to pull'. It signifies the action of pulling something or someone away from a place or a group, or detaching oneself from something. It can be used in contexts of physical separation or metaphorical withdrawal.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G660 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 62:321
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΣΠΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΣΠΑΣΕΝ — he drew out, he pulled away, he separated, he withdrew
- ἈΠΟΣΠΑΣΑΣ — having torn away, having pulled off, having separated, having drawn off
- ἈΠΟΣΠΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be torn away, to be drawn away, to be separated, to be pulled off
- ἈΠΟΣΠΑΣΟΜΕΝ — we will draw away, we will pull away, we will separate, we will withdraw
- ἈΠΟΣΠΑΣΟΥΣΙ — they will draw away, they will pull away, they will tear away, they will separate
- ἈΠΟΣΠΩΝΤΑΙ — they are torn away, they are drawn away, they are separated, they are pulled away
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