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Lexicon :: Strong's H8610 - tāp̄aś

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תָּפַשׂ
Transliteration
tāp̄aś
Pronunciation
taw-fas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2538

Strong’s Definitions

תָּפַשׂ tâphas, taw-fas'; a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably:—catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H8610 in the following manner: take (27x), taken (12x), handle (8x), hold (8x), catch (4x), surprised (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H8610 in the following manner: take (27x), taken (12x), handle (8x), hold (8x), catch (4x), surprised (2x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch

      2. to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully

    2. (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured

    3. (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּפַשׂ tâphas, taw-fas'; a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably:—catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.
STRONGS H8610: Abbreviations
† תָּפַשׂ verb lay hold of, wield (= Late Hebrew תָּפַשׂ, תָּפַם, Aramaic תְּפַשׂ, תְּפַם); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ת׳ 2 Kings 14:13 +, suffix consecutive וּתְפָשָׂהּ Deuteronomy 22:28, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתְפּשֹׁ Isaiah 3:6, 1st person plural נִתְפְּשֵׂם 2 Kings 7:12, etc.; Imperative masculine plural תִּפְשׂוּ 1 Kings 18:40, etc.; Infinitive absolute תָּפשֹׁ Jeremiah 34:3; construct תְּפשֹׁ Ezekiel 14:5, לִתְפֹּשׂ Ezekiel 21:16; Ezekiel 30:21, suffix לְתָפְשָׂהּ Deuteronomy 20:19, etc.; Participle תֹּפֵשׂ Genesis 4:21 +, construct תֹּפְשִׂי Jeremiah 49:16 (Ges§ 90 1), etc.; —
1. lay hold of, seize (with the hand), accusative of person, Genesis 39:12 (J; + בְּבִגְדוֺ), also (ב person) Isaiah 3:6; Deuteronomy 21:19; Jeremiah 37:14; Ezekiel 29:7 (in figurative; + ב instrumental); with ב of thing 1 Kings 11:30; Deuteronomy 9:17; arrest, catch, accusative of person 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Kings 13:4; 1 Kings 18:40 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 26:8; Jeremiah 37:13; 2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23; 2 Kings 25:6 = Jeremiah 52:9; Psalm 71:11; in phrase catch, capture alive (חַי), accusative of person Joshua 8:28 (JE), 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Kings 20:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:12; 2 Kings 10:14 (twice in verse); seize city (accusative) Joshua 8:8 (JE), 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 18:13 = Isaiah 36:1; Deuteronomy 20:9; Jeremiah 40:10; figurative Ezekiel 14:5 seize Israel (accusative) by (ב) their heart (terrorize them); Proverbs 30:9 seize (do violence to) the name (accusative) of my God; תָּפוּשׂ זָהָב Habakkuk 2:19 grasped (sheathed) in gold; מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה ת׳ Jeremiah 49:16 holding (occupying) the height of the hill.
2. grasp in order to wield, wield, use skilfully : grasp sword בַּכָּף Ezekiel 21:16 (accusative omitted), compare Ezekiel 30:21 (ב of sword), and especially participle: תִּפֵשׂ הַקֶּשֶׁת Amos 2:15, תֹּפֵשׂ כִנּוֺר Genesis 4:21 (J), מַגָּל ת׳ Jeremiah 50:16, תֹּפְשֵׂי מָגֵן Jeremiah 46:9a (strike out ת׳ Jeremiah 46:9b Greek Version of the LXX Gie Co Du), מָשׁוֺט ת׳ Ezekiel 27:29, חֲרָבוֺת Ezekiel 38:4; even הַתּוֺרָה ת׳ Jeremiah 2:8 they that handle (deal with, are expert in) the law, הַמִּלְחָמָה ת׳ Numbers 31:27 (P) those skilled in war. — Jeremiah 34:8 see below.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִתְפַּשׂ Ezekiel 19:4, 2nd person feminine singular נִתְפַּשְׂתְּ Jeremiah 50:24, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ Jeremiah 51:41, 2nd person masculine singular תִּתָּפֵשׂ Jeremiah 34:3; Jeremiah 38:23, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהִתָּפֵשׂ Ezekiel 21:28; — be seized, arrested, caught (sometimes || נִלְכַּד), subject person, Jeremiah 38:23 (ב instrumental), Jeremiah 50:24 (figurative of Babylonian), also (with ב instrumental) Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 19:4, 8 (both figurative of Israel), Ezekiel 21:29, and (without ב) Ezekiel 21:28; Numbers 5:13; + Infinitive absolute Qal תָּפשֹׁ תִּתָּפֵשׂ Jeremiah 34:3; be seized, of fortress, city Jeremiah 48:41 (both || נִלְכַּד), Jeremiah 50:46, compare Jeremiah 51:32; figurative Psalm 10:2 may they be caught in (ב) the devices which they have planned.
Pi. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תְּחַפֵּשׂ Proverbs 30:28 a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands (ב); — or read תִּתָּפֵשׂ Niph. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular, see De Toy.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:21; 4:21; 39:12

Numbers

5:13; 31:27

Deuteronomy

9:17; 20:9; 20:19; 21:19; 22:28

Joshua

8:8; 8:28

1 Samuel

15:8; 23:26

1 Kings

11:30; 13:4; 18:40; 18:40; 20:18

2 Kings

7:12; 7:12; 10:14; 14:7; 14:13; 14:13; 16:9; 18:13; 25:6

2 Chronicles

25:23

Psalms

10:2; 71:11

Proverbs

30:9; 30:28

Isaiah

3:6; 3:6; 36:1

Jeremiah

2:8; 26:8; 34:3; 34:3; 34:3; 34:8; 37:13; 37:14; 38:23; 38:23; 40:10; 46:9; 46:9; 48:41; 49:16; 49:16; 50:16; 50:24; 50:24; 50:46; 51:32; 51:41; 52:9

Ezekiel

12:13; 14:5; 14:5; 17:20; 19:4; 19:4; 19:8; 21:16; 21:16; 21:28; 21:28; 21:29; 27:29; 29:7; 30:21; 30:21; 38:4

Amos

2:15

Habakkuk

2:19

H8610

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Strong's Number H8610 matches the Hebrew תָּפַשׂ (tāp̄aś),
which occurs 65 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:21–Eze 19:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who [fn]invented the psaltery and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and supposing any one shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - And ye shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - And if thou shouldest besiege [fn]a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter [fn]before thee into [fn]the work of the siege?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force her and lie with her, and be found,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:8 - Ye shall do according to this word, lo! I have commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and [fn]Hierim with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - And Achia laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it into twelve pieces:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Bæthel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - (LXX 21:18) And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, [fn]take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what [fn]the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - And he said, Take them alive. And they slew them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He smote of Edom ten thousand in the [fn]valley of salt, and took [fn]the Rock in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Joas king of Israel took Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Bæthsamys; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, beginning at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed [fn]the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of Joachaz, in Bæthsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - (LXX 9:23) While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is [fn]hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 - (LXX 70:11) saying, God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of the reign of Ezekias, that Sennacherim, king of the Assyrians, came up against the strong cities of Judea, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - (LXX 33:8) And it came to pass, when Jeremias had ceased speaking all that the Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the false prophets and all the people took him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - (LXX 41:3) and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt certainly be taken, and shalt be given into his hands; and thine eyes shall see his eyes, and thou shalt enter into Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - (LXX 44:13) And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and there was there a man with whom he lodged, Saruia the son of Selemias, the son of Ananias; and he caught Jeremias, saying, Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - (LXX 44:14) And he said, It is false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - (LXX 45:23) And they shall bring forth thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt by no means escape, for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burnt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - (LXX 47:10) And, behold, I dwell in your presence at Massepha, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come against you: and do ye gather grapes, and fruits, and oil, and put them into your vessels, and dwell in the cities which ye have obtained possession of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - (LXX 26:9) Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - (LXX 31:41) Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - (LXX 30:10) Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - (LXX 27:16) Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, and him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 - (LXX 27:24) They shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know it, Babylon, that thou wilt even be taken captive: thou art found and taken, because thou didst resist the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - (LXX 27:46) For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - (LXX 28:32) At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - (LXX 28:41) How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Deblatha, and he judged him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13 - And I will spread out my net upon him, and he shall be caught in my toils: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:5 - that he should turn aside the house of Israel, according to their hearts that are estranged from me in their thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.

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