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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 BoxNum 31:18 - But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - As for the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father's family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.
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