ἕλκω
(Hellenistic form ἑλκύω in Jo, ll. c., Ac 16:19), [in LXX for מָשַׁךְ, etc.;]
to draw: c. acc rei, Jo 18:1021:6; c. acc pers., seq. ἔξω, Ac 21:30; εἰς, Ac 16:19, Ja 2:6. Metaph., to draw, lead, impel: Jo 6:4412:32. (For discussion of ἕ. in Oxyrh. Log., v. Deiss., LAE, 437 ff.)†