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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 13 times in 13 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:12 - From the days of Yochanan the immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15 - Yeshua therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 - I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:29 - My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my 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 caught Pilipos away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Sha'ul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I know a man in Messiah, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don't know, or whether out of the body, I don't know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4 - how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17 - then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:23 - and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:5 - She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
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