Study
Word study

Word study

Greek

To distract

περισπάωStrong’s G4049

perispaō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Perispaō is the Greek word usually translated “was distracted”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.”
Luke 10:40 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was distracted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was distracted 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    περισπάω perispaō · to distract

    περι-σπάω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for עָנָה ;] to draw around, draw off or away. Metaphorical, to distract: pass., Luk.10:40.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “distract” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DISTRACT, verb transitive

    [Latin, to draw. See draw and drag. The old participle distraught is obsolete.]

    1. Literally, to draw apart; to pull in different directions, and separate.
    2. To turn or draw from any object; to divert from any point, towards another point or toward various other objects; as, to distract the eye or the attention.
    3. To draw towards different objects; to fill with different considerations; to perplex; to confound; to harass; as, to distract the mind with cares; you distract me with your clamor.“While I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted” Psalms 88:15
    4. To disorder the reason; the derange the regular operations of intellect; to render raving or furious; most frequently used in the participle distracted.
    All definitions and other forms of “distract”

      DISTRACT, adjective

      Mad. [Not in use.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.