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ἁρπάζω

MainId: 000723000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0726

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000723001000000
PartsOfSpeech: verb
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἁρπάζω
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Form: aor.pass.
  Realizations: ἡρπάγην
2. Lemma: ἁρπάζω
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Form: ptc.
  Realizations: ἁρπαγείς
RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἁρπαγή', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἁρπαγμός', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἅρπαξ', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'διαρπάζω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'συναρπάζω', 'Meanings': []}]
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000723001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 18.4
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Attachment
  LEXSubDomains: Grasp, Hold
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-16 16:42:52
    DefinitionShort: to grab or seize by force, with the purpose of removing and/or controlling
    Glosses: ['to seize', 'to snatch away', 'to take away']
    Comments: In {S:04001301900028} the context as a whole is figurative, but a more or less literal rendering of ‘snatches’ or ‘seizes’ is probably satisfactory.
  LEXReferences: MAT 13:19, YHN 6:15, ACTs 8:39, ACTs 23:10, 2COR 12:2, 2COR 12:4, 1TH 4:17, YUD 1:23, REV 12:5
2. LEXID: 000723001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 39.49
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife
  LEXSubDomains: Attack
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-16 16:42:52
    DefinitionShort: to attack, with the implication of seizing
    Glosses: ['to attack', 'to seize']
    Comments: It is also possible that in {S:04001101200034} ἁρπάζω is to be understood in the sense of ‘attack’: βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν ‘violent men attack it.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 11:12, YHN 10:12
3. LEXID: 000723001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 57.235
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  LEXSubDomains: Steal, Rob
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-16 16:42:52
    DefinitionShort: to forcefully take something away from someone else, often with the implication of a sudden attack
    Glosses: ['to rob', 'to carry off', 'to plunder', 'to forcefully seize']
  LEXReferences: MAT 12:29
4. LEXID: 000723001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 37.28
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Control, Restrain
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-16 16:42:52
    DefinitionShort: to gain control over by force
    Glosses: ['to gain control over', 'to seize', 'to snatch away']
    Comments: Though in {S:04301002800030} 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.’
  LEXReferences: YHN 10:28, YHN 10:29