Definition

to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G4685 (σπάω);

Where the KJV renders it

• (with-)draw (away)
• after we were gotten from

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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