- σύρω
- σύρω impf. ἔσυρον; fut. 1 pl. συροῦμεν 2 Km 17:13; aor. 3 pl. ἔσυραν 4 Macc 6:1; 2 aor. pass. ptc. συρείς Mel. (Aristot.; Theocr. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 6:10; Joseph.; Mel., P. 71, 515) drag, pull, draw, drag away τὶ someth. (cp. PFlor 158, 7 τὸ ταυρικὸν σύρει τὰ ξύλα) σύροντες τὸ δίκτυον dragging in the net J 21:8 (ς. in catching fish: Plut., Mor. 977f). Of the dragon in heaven: ἡ οὐρὰ αὐτοῦ σύρει τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀστέρων his tail swept away a third of the stars Rv 12:4.—τινά drag someone away (by force) (Ps.-Theocr., Hymn to the Dead Adonis ln. 12 [Bucoliques Grecs ed. ELegrand 1925 vol. II p. 112] ἔσυρον αἰχμάλωτον; Epict. 1, 29, 16; 22; Jos., Bell. 1, 452; 2, 491, Ant. 20, 136.—4 Macc 6:1 ἐπί τι; Mel., P. 71, 515 εἰς σφαγήν) Ac 8:3; GPt 3:7 (cp. Eutecnius 4 p. 41, 33 σύρειν αἰσχρῶς κατὰ γῆς). ἀδελφοὺς ἐπὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας Ac 17:6.—ὡς δὲ ἐσύρετο as he (Paul) was dragged (into the amphitheater) AcPl Ha 4, 11. Of a (supposedly) lifeless human body (Herodian 1, 13, 6; 5, 8, 9) ἔσυρον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως Ac 14:19. S. κατασύρω.—DELG. M-M.
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