Lexical Definition
ἁρπάζω harpázō (har-pad'-zo) to seize G:V
from a derivative of αἱρέομαι
catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
- to seize (in various applications)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἥρπασεν | carried away | Acts.8.39 |
| ἡρπάσθη | was caught up | Rev.12.5 |
| ἡρπάγη | he was caught up | 2Cor.12.4 |
| ἁρπαγησόμεθα | we will be caught away | 1Thess.4.17 |
| ἁρπαγέντα | having been caught up | 2Cor.12.2 |
| ἁρπάσει | will seize | John.10.28 |
| ἁρπάσαι | to plunder | Matt.12.29 |
| to take by force | Acts.23.10 | |
| ἁρπάζουσιν | claim | Matt.11.12 |
| ἁρπάζοντεσ | snatching | Jude.1.23 |
| ἁρπάζειν | to seize | John.6.15 • John.10.29 |
| ἁρπάζει | snatches | John.10.12 |
| snatches away | Matt.13.19 | |
| ουχήρπασε ουχήρπασε | seized not by force | LXX.Ezek.18.16 |
| ηρπασμένοσ | being seized by force | LXX.Deut.28.31 |
| αρπώμαι | will seize by force | LXX.Hos.5.14 |
| αρπαζών | snatching away | LXX.Ps.22.13 |
| αρπάται | seize by force | LXX.Ezek.18.7 |
| αρπάση | have been seized | LXX.Amos.3.4 |
| he should snatch away | LXX.Ps.50.22 | |
| should be snatched away | LXX.Ps.7.2 | |
| to seize by force | LXX.Mic.5.8 | |
| αρπάσεισ | seize by force | LXX.Lev.19.13 |
| αρπάσατε | seize by force | LXX.Judg.21.21 |
| αρπάσαντεσ | seizing | LXX.Job.24.2 |
| αρπάσαι | to seize by force | LXX.Ps.104.21 |
| to snatch away | LXX.Ps.10.9 • LXX.Ps.10.9 | |
| αρπάζοντεσ | by force | LXX.Ezek.22.25 |
| seizing | LXX.Ezek.22.27 | |
| seizing by force | LXX.Mic.3.2 | |
| snatching away | LXX.Isa.10.2 | |
| αρπάζειν | to seize | LXX.Ezek.19.6 |
| to seize by force | LXX.Ezek.19.3 | |
| ήρπασεν | he seized by force | LXX.Lev.6.4 |
| seized by force | LXX.Amos.1.11 | |
| ήρπασε | by force | LXX.Ezek.18.12 |
| he seized by force | LXX.Job.20.19 | |
| seized | LXX.Gen.37.33 | |
| seized by force | LXX.2Sam.23.21 • LXX.Ezek.18.18 • LXX.Nah.2.12 | |
| ήρπασαν | They seized | LXX.Job.24.9 |
| they seized by force | LXX.Job.24.19 | |
| ήρπακε | snatched us away | LXX.Hos.6.1 |
| ήρπαζον | seize by force | LXX.Ps.69.4 |
Abbott-Smith
ἁρπάζω, [in LXX chiefly for גּזל, טרף;]
to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: c. acc. rei, Mt 12:29 13:19, Jo 10:12, 28, 29; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, Mt 11:12; c. acc. pers., Jo 6:15, Ac 8:39 23:10, Ju 23; pass., seq. ἕως, II Co 12:2; εἰς, II Co 12:4, I Th 4:17; πρός, Re 12:5 (cf. δι-, συν-αρπάζω, and v. MM, s.v.).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 11:12 · 12:29 · 13:19 |
| John | 6:15 · 10:12 · 10:28 · 10:29 |
| Acts | 8:39 · 23:10 |
| 2 Corinthians | 12:2 · 12:4 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 4:17 |
| Jude | 1:23 |
| Revelation | 12:5 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἁρπάζω,
future -άξω[Refs 8th c.BC+] -άσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect more commonly ἁρπάσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; contraction ἁρπῶμαι, ἁρπᾷ[LXX]: aorist ἥρπαξα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and Attic dialect ἥρπασα[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἥρπακα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἡρπασάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἥρπασμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἀν-): [Refs]pluperfect ἥρπαστο[Refs 2nd c.AD+], infinitive -άχθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist 1 ἡρπάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4, etc., -χθην [Refs 1st c.BC+]; later, aorist 2 ἡρπάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future ἁρπᾰγήσομαι[NT+1st c.AD+]; participle ἁρπάμενος (as if from ἅρπημι) [Refs 1st c.AD+], (ὑφ-) [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—snatch away, carry off, ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τίς τε λέων.. ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃ[Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be a robber, ὁτιὴ ’πιώρκεις ἡρπακώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρπάζειν βλέπει looks thievish, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive (or middle), ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαι I have her torn from my arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 seize hastily, snatch up, λᾶαν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. τινὰ μέσον seize him by the waist, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει, of the magnet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]greedily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 seize, overpower, overmaster, γλῶσσαν ἁ. φόβος[Refs 4th c.BC+]; seize, occupy a post, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν seize an opportunity of attacking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; snap up, ὥσπερ εὕρημα[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 seize, adopt a legend, of an author, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 grasp with the senses, ὀσμαὶ -όμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν[Refs 1st c.AD+]
__6 captivate, ravish, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
__7 draw up by means of a vacuum, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II plunder, πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Lev.19.13 ☩ 1Thess.4.17