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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.]
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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 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:12 - And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15 - Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 - And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:39 - And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4 - How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17 - Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:23 - And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5 - And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
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