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Lexicon :: Strong's G726 - harpazō

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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 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:12 - “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - “Or how can anyone go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man? Then he will ransack and rob his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom [regarding salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15 -

Then Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountainside by Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - “But the hired man [who merely serves for wages], who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 - “And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - “[fn]My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:39 - When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord [suddenly] took Philip [and carried him] away [to a different place]; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but he went on his way rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - And as the dissension became even greater, the commander, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and forcibly take him from them, and bring him to the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I know a [fn]man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, [only] God knows—such a man was caught up to the [fn]third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4 - was caught up into [fn]Paradise and heard inexpressible words which man is not permitted to speak [words too sacred to tell].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17 - Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:23 - save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5 - And she gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is destined to rule (shepherd) all the nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was [fn]caught up to God and to His throne.
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