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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 - And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she be defiled in secret, and there be no witness against her, and she have not been caught;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the prey into halves, between them that conducted the war, who went out to the battle, and the whole assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - And I seized the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by lifting up an axe against them; for thou canst eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besieged?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - If a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:8 - And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not bring it back again to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose up in the night and said to his servants, Let me tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - And he said, Take them alive! And they took them alive, and slew them at the well of the meeting-place, forty-two men; and he left not one of them remaining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and he broke down 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 - The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 - Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, and shall say: Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt certainly be taken, and given into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thou art deserting to the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - And Jeremiah said, It is false: I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - And as for me, behold, I dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who will come unto us; and ye, gather wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow and bend it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Kerijoth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Moab shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword let them turn every one to his people, and let them flee every one to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 - I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked, and the cry is heard among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - and the passages are seized, and the reedy places are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:5 - that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt.

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