What does ἀνασπάω (anaspáō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνασπάω (anaspáō) is a Greek word meaning "to take up or extricate".
Greek · G385
ἀνασπάω
To take up or extricate
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ἀνασπάωG385
Pronunciationanaspáō
What does ἀνασπάω (anaspáō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνασπάω (anaspáō) is a Greek word meaning "to take up or extricate".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G385?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pull him out (1), was drawn back up (1).
Where does ἀνασπάω (anaspáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), 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 Itpull him out1×Luke 14:5
was drawn back up1×Acts 11:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 14:5
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Acts1
Source forms
ἀνασπάσει1xanaspaseiLuke 14:5
ἀνεσπάσθη1xanespasthēActs 11:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular1xActs 11:10
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1xLuke 14:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to take up or extricate
Strong'sG385
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to take up or extricate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:5Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀνασπάσειanaspasei
I drag up, pull up
Read verseActs 11:10Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἀνεσπάσθηanespasqh
I drag up, pull up
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 forms2TensesFuture, AoristVoicesActive, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality2×
Future ActiveLuke 14:51×
Aorist PassiveActs 11:101×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1future1
Voice
passive1active1
Mood
indicative2
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
ἀνασπάω is built from these roots:
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