4049. perispaó
Strong's Concordance
perispaó: to draw away
Original Word: περισπάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: perispaó
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-spah'-o)
Definition: to draw away
Usage: I distract, trouble greatly.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from peri and spaó
Definition
to draw away
NASB Translation
distracted (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4049: περισπάω

περισπάω, περίσπω: imperfect passive 3 person singular περιεσπᾶτο; from Xenophon down; to draw around (περί, III. 1), to draw away, distract; passive metaphorically, to be driven about mentally, to be distracted: περί τί, i. e. to be over-occupied, too busy, about a thing, Luke 10:40 (A. V. cumbered); in the same sense with τῇ διάνοια added, Polybius 3, 105, 1; 4, 10, 3; Diodorus 1, 74; περισπαν τόν ἀργόν δῆμον περί τάς ἔξω στρατείας, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 43; passive, to be distracted with cares, to be troubled, distressed (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23), for עָנָה, Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 3:10.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
distract

From peri and spao; to drag all around, i.e. (figuratively) to distract (with care) -- cumber.

see GREEK peri

see GREEK spao

Forms and Transliterations
περιέσπασεν περιεσπατο περιεσπάτο περιεσπᾶτο περισπά περισπάσθαι περισπόρια periespato periespâto
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 10:40 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν
NAS: But Martha was distracted with all
KJV: But Martha was cumbered about much
INT: but Martha was distracted about much

Strong's Greek 4049
1 Occurrence


περιεσπᾶτο — 1 Occ.









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