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Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἁρπάζω; aor.pass.; ἡρπάγην; ἁρπάζω; ptc.; ἁρπαγείς

Related lemmas: ἁρπαγή · ἁρπαγμός · ἅρπαξ · διαρπάζω · συναρπάζω

Sense 1: to seize, to snatch away, to take away

Semantic entry: 18.4

Semantic domains: Attachment

Subdomains: Grasp, Hold

Definition: to grab or seize by force, with the purpose of removing and/or controlling

Notes: In RV MAT 13:19 · LV MAT 13:19 · Read together MAT 13:19 the context as a whole is figurative, but a more or less literal rendering of ‘snatches’ or ‘seizes’ is probably satisfactory.

MAT 13:19: RV MAT 13:19 · LV MAT 13:19 · Read together MAT 13:19

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OET-RV MAT 13:19

19 Everyone who hears the message about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in that person’s heart. That’s the seed that landed by the path.

OET-LV MAT 13:19

19 Everyone hearing the message of _the kingdom and not understanding, the evil one is _coming and is _snatching the one having _been _sown in the heart of _him.
This is the one having _been _sown by the road.

JHN 6:15: RV JHN 6:15 · LV JHN 6:15 · Read together JHN 6:15

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OET-RV JHN 6:15

15 But Yeshua knew that they intended to come and grab him to proclaim him as their king, so he moved out of the crowd and on up the hill.

OET-LV JHN 6:15

15 Therefore Yaʸsous having _known that they _are _going to _be _coming and to _be _snatching him, in _order _that they _may _make him king, he_ himself only _withdrew back to the mountain.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:19 · LV MAT 13:19 · Read together MAT 13:19

JHN: RV JHN 6:15 · LV JHN 6:15 · Read together JHN 6:15

ACT: RV ACT 8:39 · RV ACT 23:10 · LV ACT 8:39 · LV ACT 23:10 · Read together ACT 8:39 · Read together ACT 23:10

CO2: RV CO2 12:2 · RV CO2 12:4 · LV CO2 12:2 · LV CO2 12:4 · Read together CO2 12:2 · Read together CO2 12:4

TH1: RV TH1 4:17 · LV TH1 4:17 · Read together TH1 4:17

JDE: RV JDE 1:23 · LV JDE 1:23 · Read together JDE 1:23

REV: RV REV 12:5 · LV REV 12:5 · Read together REV 12:5

Sense 2: to attack, to seize

Semantic entry: 39.49

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Attack

Definition: to attack, with the implication of seizing

Notes: It is also possible that in RV MAT 11:12 · LV MAT 11:12 · Read together MAT 11:12 ἁρπάζω is to be understood in the sense of ‘attack’: βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν ‘violent men attack it.’

MAT 11:12: RV MAT 11:12 · LV MAT 11:12 · Read together MAT 11:12

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OET-RV MAT 11:12

12 From the time of Yohan-the-immerser through to the present time, the heavenly kingdom has been opposed, and the opposition is grabbing at it.

OET-LV MAT 11:12

12 And from the days of _Yōannaʸs the immerser until now, the kingdom of _the heavens is _forcing, and forceful _men they _are _snatching it.

JHN 10:12: RV JHN 10:12 · LV JHN 10:12 · Read together JHN 10:12

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OET-RV JHN 10:12

12 The paid worker is not even the shepherd, because the sheep aren’t his own and if he sees a wolf coming he just abandons the sheep and takes off and the wolf scatters the sheep and snatches some—

OET-LV JHN 10:12

12 The hired _hand even not being the_shepherd, of _whose sheep is not his own, is _observing the wolf coming, and is _leaving the sheep and is _fleeing, and the wolf is _snatching and is _scattering them,

Sense 3: to rob, to carry off, to plunder, to forcefully seize

Semantic entry: 57.235

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Steal, Rob

Definition: to forcefully take something away from someone else, often with the implication of a sudden attack

MAT 12:29: RV MAT 12:29 · LV MAT 12:29 · Read together MAT 12:29

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OET-RV MAT 12:29

29 “How can someone go into a strong man’s house and steal his goods if they don’t tie him up first? Only then can his home be plundered.

OET-LV MAT 12:29

29 Or how is_ anyone _able to _come _in into the house of _the strong man and to _snatch the goods of _him, if not first he _may _bind the strong man?
And then he _will _be _thoroughly _plundering the household of _him.

Sense 4: to gain control over, to seize, to snatch away

Semantic entry: 37.28

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: to gain control over by force

Notes: Though in RV JHN 10:28 · LV JHN 10:28 · Read together JHN 10:28 ἁρπάζω would appear to be in a literal context in view of the expression ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου ‘out of my hand,’ nevertheless ἁρπάζω is certainly figurative in meaning and so is χείρ ‘hand.’

JHN 10:28: RV JHN 10:28 · LV JHN 10:28 · Read together JHN 10:28

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OET-RV JHN 10:28

28 I give them life which will never end so they won’t ever be destroyed, and no one will be able to snatch them away from me.

OET-LV JHN 10:28

28 and _I am _giving eternal life to _them, and by _no _means they _may_ not _perish, because/for the age, and anyone will _be_ not _snatching them out _of the hand of _me.

JHN 10:29: RV JHN 10:29 · LV JHN 10:29 · Read together JHN 10:29

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OET-RV JHN 10:29

29 My father is the one who gave them to me, and he’s more powerful than any other, so no one can snatch them away from him.

OET-LV JHN 10:29

29 The father of _me who has _given them to _me, is greater than all things, and no _one is _able to _be _snatching out _of the hand of _the father.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἁρπάζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to seize, to snatch away, to take away

Sense 2: to attack, to seize

Sense 3: to rob, to carry off, to plunder, to forcefully seize

Sense 4: to gain control over, to seize, to snatch away