Dictionary entry

σπάω

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

σπάω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁלף,;]

in cl. poët. for ἕλκω; mostly used in mid. (cf. M, Pr., 157),

to draw: μάχαιραν, Mk 14:47, Ac 16:27,†