ἁρπάζω harpazō

Greek word for “to seize” · Strong’s G726 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἁρπάζω; to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: with accusative of thing(s), 13:19;

How it is translated

Glosses given for harpazō in context, with how often each is used:

• seize 2
• caught up 2
• claim 1
• plunder 1
• snatches away 1
• snatches 1
• will seize 1
• carried away 1
• take by force 1
• having been caught up 1
• will be caught away 1
• snatching 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 10 (3), 2 Corinthians 12 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 13 (1), John 6 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 23 (1), 1 Thessalonians 4 (1), Jude 1 (1)

Forms

• ἁρπάσαι 2
• ἁρπάζει 2
• ἁρπάζειν 2
• ἁρπάζουσιν 1
• ἁρπάσει 1
• ἥρπασεν 1
• ἁρπαγέντα 1
• ἡρπάγη 1
• ἁρπαγησόμεθα 1
• ἁρπάζοντες 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with harpazō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὁδός hodos “road” 2
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 2
• ἕως heōs “until” 2
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 2
• χείρ cheir “hand” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 2
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 2

Key verses

The verses using harpazō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
• Matthew 13:19 — When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is…
• John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
• John 10:12 — But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth…
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 10:29 — My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
• Acts 8:39 — And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
• Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and…
• 2 Corinthians 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
• Jude 1:23 — And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
• Revelation 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.