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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ἀνασπάω G385
Pronunciation anaspáō
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 It pull him out 1× Luke 14:5
was drawn back up 1× Acts 11:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 14:5
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
ἀνασπάσει 1x anaspasei Luke 14:5
ἀνεσπάσθη 1x anespasthē Acts 11:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 11:10
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 14:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to take up or extricate
Strong's G385
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to take up or extricate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 14:5 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀνασπάσει anaspasei
I drag up, pull up
Read verse Acts 11:10 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἀνεσπάσθη anespasqh
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 groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Future, Aorist Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Future Active Luke 14:5 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 11:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 future 1
Voice
passive 1 active 1
Mood
indicative 2
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:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain