Lexicon
κατασύρω
katasurō
G2694
G:V Greek

to drag away

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katasuro describes forcibly taking an opponent away toward a judge in a warning about legal action.

Its sole attested use depicts an opponent forcibly taking someone away to a judge during a legal dispute.

Senses in use

  1. Forcibly taking someone to a judge · dominant

    In Luke 12:58, κατασύρῃ is a third-person present active subjunctive in the warning that an opponent may take the person away to the judge; the APB renders the clause, “lest he drag you away to the judge.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 12:58, the APB presents the action as “drag you away to the judge.” This reflects the clause's overall presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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