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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4049 - περισπάω

Transliteration

perispáō

Phonetics

per-ee-spah'-o

Origin

from (G4012) and (G4685)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to draw around, to draw away, distract
metaph.
1. to be driven about mentally, to be distracted
2. to be over-occupied, too busy, about a thing

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6030 ‑ עָנָה (aw‑naw'); 8058 ‑ שָׁמַט (shaw‑mat');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Luke 1

BSB (1)

Luke 1

CSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

KJV (1)

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Luke 1

N95 (1)

Luke 1

NAS (1)

Luke 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Luke 1

YLT (0)

The Young's Literal Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

ASV (1)

was cumbered 1

BSB (1)

was distracted 1

CSB (1)

distracted 1

ESV (1)

distracted 1

KJV (1)

cumbered 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

distracted 1

N95 (1)

distracted 1

NAS (1)

distracted 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

was distracted 1

YLT (0)

The Young's Literal Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-IPI-3S 1

ANT

V-IPI-3S 1

BEZ

V-IPI-3S 1

BGB

V-IPI-3S 1

BMT

V-IPI-3S 1

BYZ

V-IPI-3S 1

ELZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NA26

V-3IPIS 1

SBL

V-IPI-3S 1

SCV

V-IPI-3S 1

STV

V-IPI-3S 1

TIS

V-IPI-3S 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

περι-σπάω,

fut. -σπάσω D.S. 20.3, A.D. Pron. 87.15: —

draw off from around, strip off, Isoc. Ep. 9.10; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π . D.S. 19.9, etc.: — Med., strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν X. Cyr. 3.1.13 (so also in Act., π. τὴν πορφύραν Plu. Aem. 23 ).

2. strip bare, περισπάσας ξίφος (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας ) E. IT 296 .

II wheel about, of a general, Plb. 1.76.5; intr. of the troops, Id. 3.116.5; esp. wheel twice through a right angle, Ascl. Tact. 12.6,al.; of a horse's bit, οὐ πάνυ π . not pulling it violently round, Luc. Merc.Cond. 21 .

III draw off or away, divert, εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν ] Arist. Pol. 1307a24; τροφὴν εἰς τὸ περικάρπιον Thphr. CP 1.16.2; π. τοὺς Ῥωμαίους Plb. 9.22.5; τὸν πόλεμον Id. 1.26.1; π. τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ draw it away, Plu. Cic. 45; ἀπὸ τῆς πατρίδος π. τοὺς βαρβάρους D.S. 20.3; τὸν ἐντὸς . . θόρυβον ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔξω πολέμους D.H. 6.23; π. περὶ τὰς ἔξω στρατείας τὸν δῆμον Id. 9.43: — Pass., π. ὑπό τινων PStrassb. 112.13 (ii B. C.); πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις περισπώμενος Luc. DDeor. 30.11; ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου π . to be drawn away and expanded, opp. συστέλλεσθαι, Arist. Pr. 863a5 . detach, Συρίαν τινός App. Syr. 1, cf. Hann. 56; τινὰς αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀκροατῶν Phld. Acad.Ind. p.79 M.

2. disturb, vex, Men. Epit. 504, LXX Ecclesiastes 5:19 : — Pass., ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν PSI 3.384.5 (ii B. C.) .

3. divert, distract, Plu. 2.96b, 16oc; π. [τὴν διάνοιαν] ἀπό τινος Metrod. Herc. 831.4, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.53 S., al., Onos. 42.6: — Pass., to be distracted or engaged, π. ταῖς διανοίαις Plb. 15.3.4; ὑπὸ βιωτικῆς χρείας D.S. 2.29, cf. Phld. Po.Herc. 994.24, al.; μηδ' ὑφ' ἑνὸς περισπωμένη ἡ πόλις IG 22.1304.7; περί τινος LXX Si. 41.2; περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν Ev.Luke 10:40 : abs., Plb. 4.10.3 .

4. steal, ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν ἀνάθημα Philostr. Gym. 45: — Pass., ἅπαντα περιέσπασμαι I have been robbed of all, Men. Epit. 143 .

5. Pass., c. inf., to be compelled to do a thing, περιησπάσθην (sic) ἀνενεγκεῖν PUniv.Giss. 19.4 (i A. D.) . Gramm., pronounce a vowel or word with the circumflex, A.D. Pron. 33.24, al., Plu. Thes. 26, etc.; esp. on the last syllable, Ath. 2.52f, etc.; π. τὸν τόνον A.D. Pron. 87.15; τῷ τόνῳ Gal. 16.495; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις ] D.H. Comp. 11; π. [προσῳδία ] D.T. 630.2, Ph. 1.29; περισπώμενος [φθόγγος ] ib. 46 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

περισπάω, περίσπω: imperfect passive 3 person singular περιεσπᾶτο; from Xenophon down; to draw around (περί, III. 1), to draw away, distract; passive metaphorically, to be driven about mentally, to be distracted: περί τί, i. e. to be over-occupied, too busy, about a thing, Luke 10:40 (A. V. cumbered); in the same sense with τῇ διάνοια added, Polybius 3, 105, 1; 4, 10, 3; Diodorus 1, 74; περισπαν τόν ἀργόν δῆμον περί τάς ἔξω στρατείας, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 43; passive, to be distracted with cares, to be troubled, distressed (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23), for עָנָה, Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 3:10.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

περι -σπάω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H6030;]

to draw around, draw off or away. Metaph., to distract: pass., Luke 10:40.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This masc. noun passes into the neuter declension in Hellenistic Greek (Proleg., p. 60), and is so used octies by Paul, generally in a figurative sense. For the literal usage in 1 Timothy 6:17, cf. P Flor III. 367.11 (iii/A.D.) πλούτῳ γαυρωθείς, P Fay 20.13 (iii/iv A.D.) οὐ διὰ περιουσίαν πλούτου, and Syll 553 (= .3 589).30 (B.C. 196) ὑπέρ τε εἰρήνης καὶ πλούτου καὶ σίτου φορᾶς.

List of Word Forms

περιέσπασεν περιεσπατο περιεσπάτο περιεσπᾶτο περισπά περισπάσθαι περισπόρια periespato periespâto