Word Summary
syrō: to draw, drag
Original Word: σύρωTransliteration: syrō
Phonetic Spelling: (soo'-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to draw, drag
Meaning: to draw, drag
Strong's Concordance
drag, draw, hale.
Probably akin to haireomai; to trail -- drag, draw, hale.
see GREEK haireomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4951: σύρωσύρω; imperfect
ἔσυρον; from (
Aeschylus and
Herodotus (in compound),
Aristotle),
Theocritus down; (the
Sept. 2 Samuel 17:13);
to draw, to drag:
τί,
John 21:8;
Revelation 12:4;
τινα, one (before the judge, to prison, to punishment;
ἐπί τά βασανιστήρια,
εἰς τό δεσμωτήριον,
Epictetus diss. 1, 29, 22; others),
Acts 8:3 ἔξω τῆς πόλεως,
Acts 14:19;
ἐπί τούς πολιτάρχας,
Acts 17:6. (Compare:
κατασύρω.)