Drag

1. suro
2. helkuo

suro "to draw, drag, haul," is used of a net, John_21:8; of violently "draging" persons along, Acts_8:3, "haling;" Acts_14:19, RV, "dragged," AV, "drew;" Acts_17:6 (ditto); Rev_12:4, AV, "drew," RV, "draweth." See DRAW, HALE.

Note: Cp. the strengthened form katasuro, "to hale," used in Luke_12:58.

See also : suro in other topics

helkuo "to draw," differs from suro, as "drawing" does from violent "dragging." It is used of "drawing" a net, John_21:6,11 (cp. suro, in John_21:8); Trench remarks, "At John_21:6,11 helko (or helkuo) is used; for there a drawing of the net to a certain point is intended; by the disciples to themselves in the ship, by Peter to himself upon the shore. But at John_21:8 helko gives place to suro: for nothing is there intended but the dragging of the net, which had been fastened to the ship, after it through the water" (Syn., xxi).

This less violent significance, usually present in helko, but always absent from suro, is seen in the metaphorical use of helko, to signify "drawing" by inward power, by Divine impulse, John_6:44; John_12:32. So in the Sept., e.g., Solomon_1:4; Jer_31:3, "with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." It is used of a more vigorous action, in John_18:10, of "drawing" a sword; in Acts_16:19; Acts_21:30, of forcibly "drawing" men to or from a place; so in James_2:6, AV, "draw," RV, "drag." See DRAW.