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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.]
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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 has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15 - Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 - The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:28 - I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from 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, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:39 - Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:10 - When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, 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 Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4 - was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

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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 suddenly caught up together with them 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 by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:5

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