UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: σπάομαι

Sense 1: to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious

Semantic entry: 25.238

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of περισπάομαι ‘to be drawn off from around,’ not occurring in the NT) to be so overburdened by various distractions as to be worried and anxious

Forms: περισπάομαι

Show passage in OET: LUK 10:40

OET-RV LUK 10:40

40 But Marta kept getting pulled away to keep the household running, and after a while approached Yeshua and asked, “Master, doesn’t it bother you that my sister has left all the housework to me? Tell her to come and help me.”

OET-LV LUK 10:40

40 But the Martha was _being _pulled _away about much service, and having _approached said:
master, not is _it _mattering to _you that the sister of _me left only me to _be _serving?
Therefore tell to _her that she _may _help with _me.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

περισπάω

Form 1

Sense 1: to be overburdened and worried, to be distracted and anxious