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Lexicon :: Strong's G726 - harpazō

Aa
ἁρπάζω
Transliteration
harpazō (Key)
Pronunciation
har-pad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of αἱρέω (G138)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:472,80

Strong’s Definitions

ἁρπάζω harpázō, har-pad'-zo; from a derivative of G138; to seize (in various applications):—catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G726 in the following manner: caught up (4x), by force (3x), caught away (1x), catcheth away (1x), pluck (2x), catcheth (1x), pulling (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G726 in the following manner: caught up (4x), by force (3x), caught away (1x), catcheth away (1x), pluck (2x), catcheth (1x), pulling (1x).

  1. to seize, carry off by force

  2. to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly

  3. to snatch out or away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἁρπάζω harpázō, har-pad'-zo; from a derivative of G138; to seize (in various applications):—catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
STRONGS G726:
ἁρπάζω; future ἁρπάσω [Veitch, under the word; cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 407]; 1 aorist ἥρπασα; passive, 1 aorist ἡρπάσθην; 2 aorist ἡρπάγην (2 Corinthians 12:2, 4; Wis. 4:11; cf. Winers Grammar, 83 (80); [Buttmann, 54 (47); WH's Appendix, p. 170]); 2 future ἁρπαγήσομαι; [(Latin rapio; Curtius, § 331); from Homer down]; to seize, carry off by force: τί [Matthew 12:29 not R G (see διαρπάζω)]; John 10:12; to seize on, claim for oneself eagerly: τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, Matthew 11:12 (Xenophon, an. 6, 5, 18, etc.); to snatch out or away: τί, Matthew 13:19; τὶ ἐκ χειρός τινος, John 10:28f; τινὰ ἐκ πυρός, proverbial, to rescue from the danger of destruction, Jude 1:23 (Amos 4:11; Zechariah 3:2); τινα, to seize and carry off speedily, John 6:15; Acts 23:10; used of divine power transferring a person marvellously and swiftly from one place to another, to snatch or catch away: Acts 8:39; passive, πρὸς τ. θεόν, Revelation 12:5; followed by ἕως with the genitive of place, 2 Corinthians 12:2; εἰς τ. παράδεισον, 2 Corinthians 12:4; εἰς ἀέρα, 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
[Compare: δι-, συναρπάζω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Amos
4:11
Zechariah
3:2
Matthew
11:12; 12:29; 13:19
John
6:15; 10:12; 10:28
Acts
8:39; 23:10
2 Corinthians
12:2; 12:2; 12:4; 12:4
1 Thessalonians
4:17
Jude
1:23
Revelation
12:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G726 matches the Greek ἁρπάζω (harpazō),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 -
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:2 -
There are that remove the landmarks;
They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:9 -
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge of the poor;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:19 -
Drought and heat consume the snow waters:
So doth Sheol those that have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:2 -
Lest they tear my soul like a lion,
Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 -
He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert;
He lieth in wait to catch the poor:
He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:13 -
They gape upon me with their mouth,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22 -
Now consider this, ye that forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 -
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:
They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:
That which I took not away I have to restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 -
The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:1 - Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:2 - ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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