Lexical Definition

‎ἀποσπάω‎ apospáō (ap-os-pah'-o) to draw away ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎σπάω‎

(with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from.

• to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously)

Abbott-Smith

ἀπο-σπάω, -ῶ, [in LXX for נתק: ni., hi., etc.;]
to draw off or away, tear away (MM, s.v.): Ac 20:30; μάχαιραν, draw a sword, Mt 26:51; pass., to be parted or withdrawn (Field, Notes, 134; but v. Thayer, s.v.), Lk 22:41, Ac 21:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποσπάω-σπάω,

future -σπάσω [ᾰ], tear or drag away from, τινός[ἀποσπάωσπάσας.. περόνας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1268; μή μου τὸ τέκνον ἐκ χερῶν ἀποσπάωσπάσῃς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 277: rarely ἀ. τινά τι">Refs 5th c.BC+] tear a thing from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινά tear him away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τι τῆς λείας detach, abstract some of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and reversely also ἀ. τῆς φρενὸς αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων[Refs]; detach, withdraw, πλήρωμα a gang of labourers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινὰ ἀπό τινος[NT+5th c.BC+]middle, τὴν μάχην οὕτω μακρὰν τῆς ναυτικῆς βοηθείας[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be dragged away, detached, separated from, τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bone, to be torn off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 ἀ. τινὰ κόμης drag away by the hair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 ἀ. πύλας, θύρας, tear off the gates, doors, [ἀποσπάωσπῶν [ῥήματα] 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 824. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 ἀ. τὸ στρατόπεδον draw off, divert the army, [ἀποσπάωσπάσας ">Refs 5th c.BC+]having drawn off, [Refs]:—passive, of troops, to become separated or broken, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 withdraw, reclaim, [Refs]
__6 ἀπεσπασμένος, ὁ, eunuch, [LXX]
__II intransitive (i.e. ἑαυτόν), separate (i.e. be separated) from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.20.30 ☩ LXX.Lev.22.24}