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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 - His brother's name was Yuval, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - I took hold of 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 you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees of it by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?

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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 to the Zakenim of his city, and to 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 lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:8 - It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall you do: behold, I have commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - The king of `Ai they took alive, and brought him to Yehoshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He took Agag the king of the `Amaleki 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 - Sha'ul 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 for fear of Sha'ul; for Sha'ul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Achiyah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beit-El, that Yarov`am put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - and Eliyah said to them, Take the prophets of Ba`al; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Eliyah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - He said, Whether they are come out for shalom, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Aram have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - He said, Take them alive. They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Yokte'el, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Yeho'ash king of Yisra'el took Amatzyah king of Yehudah, the son of Yeho'ash the son of Achazyah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Yerushalayim, and broke down the wall of Yerushalayim from the gate of Efrayim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - The king of Ashshur listened to him; and the king of Ashshur went up against Dammesek, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and killed Retzin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - Now in the fourteenth year of king Hizkiyahu did Sancheriv king of Ashshur come up against all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah; and they gave judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Yo'ash king of Yisra'el took Amatzyah king of Yehudah, the son of Yo'ash the son of Yeho'achaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Yerushalayim, and broke down the wall of Yerushalayim from the gate of Efrayim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak; They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 - Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - You can catch a lizard with your hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, And let this ruin be under your hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hizkiyahu, that Sancheriv king of Ashshur came up against all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The Kohanim didn't say, Where is the LORD? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Ba`al, and walked after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - It happened, when Yirmeyahu had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the Kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Bavel, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Bavel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - When he was in the gate of Binyamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Yeriyah, the son of Shelemyahu, the son of Hananyah; and he laid hold on Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Kasdim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - Then said Yirmeyahu, It is false; I am not falling away to the Kasdim. But he didn't listen to him; so Yeriyah laid hold on Yirmeyahu, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Kasdim; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Bavel: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mitzpah, to stand before the Kasdim who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Kush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Keriyot is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Mo'av at that day 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 - As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - Cut off the sower from Bavel, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 - I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Bavel, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - At the noise of the taking of Bavel the eretz trembles, 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 reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - How is Sheshakh taken! and the praise of the whole eretz seized! how is Bavel become a desolation among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah in the land of Hamat; and he gave judgment on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13 - My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Bavel to the land of the Kasdim; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Bavel, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Mitzrayim.

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