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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - περισπάω
περισπάω
G4049
Transliteration: perispáō
Pronunciation: per-ee-spah'-o
Definition: cumber
- Original: περισπάω - Transliteration: Perispao - Phonetic: per-ee-spah'-o
- Definition:
1. to draw around, to draw away, distract
2. metaph.
a. to be driven about mentally, to be distracted
b. to be over-occupied, too busy, about a thing
- Origin: from G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G4685" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4685 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4012" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4012 and G4685" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4685; to drag all around that is (figuratively) to distract (with care): - cumber.