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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play H8610 the lyre and pipe.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - Then she seized H8610 him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man lies sexually with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is [fn]undetected; but she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, and she has not been caught H8610 in the act,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the loot between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - “And I took H8610 hold H8610 of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and shattered them before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 -

“If you besiege a city for many days, to make war against it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. [fn]For is the tree of the field a man, that it should [fn]be besieged by you?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - then his father and mother shall seize H8610 him and bring him out to the elders of his city [fn]at the gateway of his hometown.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 -

“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes H8610 her and lies with her and they are found,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:8 - “Then it will be that when you have seized H8610 the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it according to the word of Yahweh. See, I have commanded you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - But they seized H8610 the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he seized H8610 Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize H8610 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah took H8610 hold H8610 of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now it happened that when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize H8610 him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah said to them, “Seize H8610 the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized H8610 them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - Then he said, “If they have come out for peace, take H8610 them alive; or if they have come out for war, take H8610 them alive.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture H8610 them alive and get into the city.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - Then he said, “Take H8610 them alive.” So they took H8610 them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 -

He struck down 10,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt and seized H8610 Sela by war and named it Joktheel to this day.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized H8610 Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the 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, [fn]400 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:9 - So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and seized H8610 it and took the people of it away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 -

Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized H8610 them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - Then they seized H8610 the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they spoke their judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel seized H8610 Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 -

In his lofty pride the wicked [fn]hotly pursues the afflicted;

[fn]Let them be caught H8610 in the thoughts which they have devised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 -

Saying, “God has forsaken him;

Pursue and seize H8610 him, for there is no one to deliver.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 -

Lest I be full and deny You and say, “Who is Yahweh?”

Or lest I be impoverished and steal,

And [fn]profane H8610 the name of my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 -

The lizard you may grasp H8610 with the hands,

Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 -

When a man grasps H8610 his brother in his father’s house, saying,

“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,

And these ruins will be under your hand,”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 -

Now it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized H8610 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 -

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’

And those who handle H8610 the law did not know Me;

The [fn]shepherds also transgressed against Me,

And the prophets prophesied by Baal

And walked after things that did not profit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - Now it happened that when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized H8610 him, saying, “You must surely die!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - ‘And you will not escape from his hand, for you will surely H8610 be seized H8610 and given into his hand; and you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you [fn]face to face, and you will go to Babylon.’”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - Now it happened that while he was at the Gate of Benjamin, the master of the guard whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he seized H8610 Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are [fn]going over to the Chaldeans!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - But Jeremiah said, “A lie! I am not [fn]going over to the Chaldeans”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah seized H8610 Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 -

‘And they will also bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized H8610 by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels and stay in your cities that you have seized H8610.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 -

Go up, you horses, and [fn]drive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may go forth:

[fn]Ethiopia and [fn]Put, who seize H8610 the shield,

And the [fn]Lydians, who seize H8610 and bend the bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth has been captured,

And the strongholds have been seized H8610,

So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 -

“As for the terror of you,

The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,

O you who dwell in the clefts of [fn]the rock,

Who seize H8610 the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 -

“Cut off the sower from Babylon

And the one who seizes H8610 the sickle at the time of harvest;

From before [fn]the sword of the oppressor

They will each turn back to his own people,

And they will each flee to his own land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 -

“I set a snare for you, and you were also caught, O Babylon,

But you yourself did not know;

You have been found and also seized H8610

Because you have engaged in conflict with Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:46 - At the sound, “Babylon has been seized H8610!” the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 -

The fords also have been seized H8610,

And they have burned the marshes with fire,

And the men of war are terrified.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 -

“How [fn]Sheshak has been captured,

And the praise of the whole earth been seized H8610!

How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - Then they seized H8610 the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he [fn]spoke his judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13 - “I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught H8610 in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:5 - in order to seize H8610 the house of Israel by their heart, those who are [fn]estranged from Me through all their idols.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - “I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught H8610 in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 -

‘Then nations heard about him;

He was captured H8610 in their pit,

And they brought him with hooks

To the land of Egypt.


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