Draw (away, back, nigh, on, out, up)

(A) In the sense of "dragging, pulling, or attracting:"

anabibazo a causal form of anabaino, "to go up," denotes, lit., "to make go up, cause to ascend" (ana, "up," bibazo, "to cause to mount"), hence, "to draw a boat up on land," Matt_13:48.

helko is translated "to draw" in the AV, of Acts_21:30; James_2:6; see helkuo_under_DRAG.

See also : helko in other topics

suro see suro_under_DRAG.

See also : suro in other topics

spao "to draw or pull," is used, in the Middle Voice, of "drawing" a sword from its sheath, Mark_14:47; Acts_16:27.

See also : spao in other topics

anaspao ana, "up," and spao, "to draw up," is used of "drawing" up an animal out of a pit, Luke_14:5 (RV, "draw up;" AV, "pull out"), and of the "drawing" up of the sheet into heaven, in the vision in Acts_11:10.

apospao apo, "from," and spao, "to draw away," lit., "to wrench away from," is used of a sword, Matt_26:51; of "drawing" away disciples into error, Acts 20;30; of Christ's "withdrawal" from the disciples, in Gethsemane, Luke_22:41, AV, "was withdrawn," RV, "was parted" (or "was reft away from them"); of "parting" from a company, Acts_21:1 (AV, "were gotten," RV, "were parted"). See GET, PART.

See also : apospao in other topics

antleo signified, primarily, "to draw out a ship's bilgewater, to bale or pump out" (from antlos, "bilge-water"), hence, "to draw water" in any way (ana, "up," and a root, tel---, "to lift, bear"), John_2:8,9; John_4:7,15.

Note: In John_4:11, "to draw with" translates the corresponding noun antlema, "a bucket for drawing water by a rope."

exelko ek, "out of," and helko, "to draw away, or lure forth," is used metaphorically in James_1:14, of being "drawn away" by lust. As in hunting or fishing the game is "lured" from its haunt, so man's lust "allures" him from the safety of his self-restraint.

anatassomai "to arrange in order," is used in Luke_1:1; RV, "to draw up" (some interpret the word to mean to "bring together" from memory assisted by the Holy Spirit).

(B) In the sense of "approaching or withdrawing:"

See also : anatassomai in other topics

engizo "to come near, draw nigh" (akin to engus, "near"), is translated by the verb "draw near or nigh," in the RV, Luke_12:33, AV, "approacheth;" Heb_10:25, AV, "approaching;" Luke_18:35; Luke_19:29,37; Acts_22:6, AV, "was come nigh;" Luke_7:12, "came nigh;" Acts_9:3, "came near." See APPROACH.

See also : engizo in other topics

proserchomai is translated "draw near" in Heb_4:16; Heb_7:25, RV, Heb_10:22, AV and RV; in Acts_7:31, "drew near." See COME, GO.

See also : proserchomai in other topics

prosago used transitively, "to bring to;" intransitively, "to draw near," is so rendered in Acts_27:27. See BRING.

See also : prosago in other topics

hupostello "to draw back, withdraw," perhaps a metaphor from lowering a sail and so slackening the course, and hence of being remiss in holding the truth; in the Active Voice, rendered "drew back" in Gal_2:12, RV (AV, "withdrew"); in the Middle, in Heb_10:38, "shrink back" RV (AV, "draw back"); the prefix hupo, "underneath," is here suggestive of stealth. In Heb_10:39 the corresponding noun, hupostole, is translated "of them that shrinking back"). In Acts_20:20,27, "shrank," RV. See KEEP, SHRINK, SHUN, WITHDRAW.

See also : hupostello in other topics

aphistemi see aphistemi_under_DEPART.

See also : aphistemi in other topics

ginomai "to become, begin to be," is translated "drawing nigh," in John_6:19. See BECOME.

See also : ginomai in other topics

epihosko "to dawn" (lit., "to make to shine upon"), is said of the approach of the Sabbath, Luke_23:54 (marg., "began to dawn"); cp. Matt_28:1. See epiphosko_under_DAWN.

Notes:
(1) In Mark_6:53, prosormizo, "to bring a ship (or boat) to anchor, cast anchor, land at a place" (pros, "to," hormizo, "to moor, bring to anchorage"), is translated "moored to the shore," in the RV, for AV, "drew."

(2) In Acts_19:33, where the most authentic mss. have sumbibazo, the RV translates it "brought" (marg., "instructed"), AV, "draw out." Some mss. have probibazo, "to bring or drag forward." See sumbibazo_under_BRING.