catch, seize, take by force.
From a derivative of haireomai; to seize (in various applications) -- catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
see GREEK haireomai
Strong's 726: ἁρπάζω
ἁρπάζω; future
ἁρπάσω (Veitch, under the word; cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 407); 1 aorist
ἥρπασα; passive, 1 aorist
ἡρπασθην; 2 aorist
ἡρπαγην (
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:
τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ,
Matthew 11:12 (Xenophon, an. 6, 5, 18, etc.);
to snatch out or away:
τί,
Matthew 13:19;
τί ἐκ χειρός τίνος,
John 10:28f;
τινα 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,
πρός τόν Θεόν,
Revelation 12:5; followed by
ἕως with the genitive of place,
2 Corinthians 12:2;
εἰς τόν παράδεισον,
2 Corinthians 12:4;
εἰς ἀέρα,
1 Thessalonians 4:17. (Compare:
διαρπάζω,
συναρπάζω.)
Strong's Greek: 726. ἁρπάζω (harpazó) — 14 Occurrences
Matthew 11:12 - V-PIA-3P
GRK: καὶ βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν
NAS: and violent men take it by force.
KJV: take it by force.
INT: and [the] violent seize it
Matthew 12:29 - V-ANA
GRK: σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἁρπάσαι ἐὰν μὴ
NAS: house and carry off his property,
INT: goods of him to plunder if not
Matthew 13:19 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: πονηρὸς καὶ ἁρπάζει τὸ ἐσπαρμένον
NAS: [one] comes and snatches away what
KJV: [one], and catcheth away that which
INT: evil one and snaches away that which was sown
John 6:15 - V-PNA
GRK: ἔρχεσθαι καὶ ἁρπάζειν αὐτὸν ἵνα
NAS: to come and take Him by force to make
KJV: take him by force, to make
INT: to come and seize him that
John 10:12 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτὰ καὶ
NAS: and the wolf snatches them and scatters
KJV: and the wolf catcheth them, and
INT: the wolf snatches them and
John 10:28 - V-FIA-3S
GRK: καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ
NAS: one will snatch them out of My hand.
KJV: shall any [man] pluck them out of
INT: and never will seize anyone them
John 10:29 - V-PNA
GRK: οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς
NAS: is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's
KJV: [man] is able to pluck [them] out of
INT: no one is able to seize out of the
Acts 8:39 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον
NAS: of the Lord snatched Philip
KJV: of the Lord caught away Philip,
INT: [the] Spirit of [the] Lord carried away Philip
Acts 23:10 - V-ANA
GRK: στράτευμα καταβὰν ἁρπάσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ
NAS: to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring
KJV: and to take him by force from among
INT: troop having gone down to take by force him from
2 Corinthians 12:2 - V-APP-AMS
GRK: θεὸς οἶδεν ἁρπαγέντα τὸν τοιοῦτον
NAS: such a man was caught up to the third
KJV: such an one caught up to
INT: God knows having been caught up such a one
2 Corinthians 12:4 - V-AIP-3S
GRK: ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν
NAS: was caught up into Paradise and heard
KJV: How that he was caught up into
INT: that he was caught up to
1 Thessalonians 4:17 - V-FIP-1P
GRK: σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις
NAS: and remain will be caught up together
KJV: [and] remain shall be caught up together
INT: with them will be caught away in [the] clouds
Jude 1:23 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες οὓς δὲ
NAS: save others, snatching them out of the fire;
KJV: fear, pulling [them] out of
INT: out of fire snatching [them] others moreover
Revelation 12:5 - V-AIP-3S
GRK: σιδηρᾷ καὶ ἡρπάσθη τὸ τέκνον
NAS: and her child was caught up to God
KJV: her child was caught up unto God,
INT: iron and was caught away the child
