Dictionary entry

ἀποσπάω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπο-σπάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for נתק: ni., hi., etc.;]

to draw off or away, tear away (MM, s.v.): Ac 20:30; μάχαιραν, draw a sword, Mt 26:51; pass., to be parted or withdrawn (Field, Notes, 134; but v. Thayer, s.v.), Lk 22:41, Ac 21:1.†