What does κατασύρω (katasýrō) mean in the Bible?
κατασύρω (katasýrō) is a Greek word meaning "to drag away".
Greek · G2694
κατασύρω
To drag away
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κατασύρωG2694
Pronunciationkatasýrō
What does κατασύρω (katasýrō) mean in the Bible?
κατασύρω (katasýrō) is a Greek word meaning "to drag away".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2694?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include he may drag you off (1).
Where does κατασύρω (katasýrō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithe may drag you off1×Luke 12:58
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Usage map
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First aligned rowLuke 12:58
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
κατασύρῃ1xkatasyrēLuke 12:58
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular1xLuke 12:58
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to drag away
Strong'sG2694
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to drag away
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1to pull down.
2to drag away: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:58.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:58Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Subjunctive
κατασύρῃkatasurh
I drag down
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesPresentVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose1×
Present ActiveLuke 12:581×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
active1
Mood
subjunctive1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατασύρω is built from these roots: