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GreekG0726Verb

ἁρπάζω

harpazō

14Occurrences
G0726Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to seize (in various applications)

from a derivative of G138 (αἱρέομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: with accusative of thing(s); βασιλείαν θεοῦ; pass.; εἰς; πρός.
LXX: chiefly for גָּזַל, טָרַף

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἁρπάζω appears 14 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
4
Matthew
3
2 Corinthians
2
Acts
2
1 Thessalonians
1
Jude
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 4:17BSB

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:4BSB

was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.

Acts 8:39BSB

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

John 10:28BSB

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

John 6:15BSB

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.