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Lexicon :: Strong's G2221 - zōgreō

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ζωγρέω
Transliteration
zōgreō (Key)
Pronunciation
dzogue-reh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ζωγρέω zōgréō, dzogue-reh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G64; to take alive (make a prisoner of war), i.e. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare:—take captive, catch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2221 in the following manner: catch (1x), take captive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2221 in the following manner: catch (1x), take captive (1x).

  1. to take alive

  2. to take, catch, capture

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ζωγρέω zōgréō, dzogue-reh'-o; from the same as G2226 and G64; to take alive (make a prisoner of war), i.e. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare:—take captive, catch.
STRONGS G2221:
ζωγρέω, -ῶ; perfect passive participle ἐζωγρημένος; (ζωός alive, and ἀγρέω [poetic form of ἀγρεύω, which see]);
1. to take alive (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, others; Sept.).
2. universally, to take, catch, capture: ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ (i. e. τοῦ διαβόλου) εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα, if they are held captive to do his will, 2 Timothy 2:26 [others make ἐζ. ὑπ’ αὐτ. parenthetic and refer ἐκείνου to God; see ἐκεῖνος, 1 c.; cf. Ellicott, in the place cited]; ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν, thou shalt catch men, i. e. by teaching thou shalt win their souls for the kingdom of God, Luke 5:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
5:10
2 Timothy
2:26

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Strong's Number G2221 matches the Greek ζωγρέω (zōgreō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses said to them, “Have you [fn]spared all the women?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “However, all the [fn]girls who have not known a [fn]man intimately, keep alive for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - “Only in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave anything that breathes alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - and [fn]spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our [fn]lives from death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua [fn]spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - “This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be on us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

And he [fn]defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The sons of Judah also captured ten thousand alive and brought them to the top of the cliff, and threw them down from the top of the cliff so that they were all dashed to pieces.
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