UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Constructions: συλαγωγέω; συλάω; ἄγω

Sense 1: to control completely, to take control of, to make a captive of

Semantic entry: 37.10

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of συλαγωγέω ‘to carry off as booty or as captive in war,’ not occurring in the NT) to take over complete control of a person as one would a captive

Notes: In some languages it is possible to preserve the figurative meaning of συλαγωγέω in RV COL 2:8 · LV COL 2:8 · Read together COL 2:8 by employing a simile, for example, ‘see that no one makes you a kind of captive by human wisdom’ or ‘see to it that no one uses human wisdom and by this means makes you, so to speak, a captive.’

COL 2:8: RV COL 2:8 · LV COL 2:8 · Read together COL 2:8

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OET-RV COL 2:8

8 Be careful in case anyone captures your minds with fancy ideas or theories without proof that come from human traditions or from worldly thinking, and not from Messiah.

OET-LV COL 2:8

8 Be _watching _out, lest anyone will _be which taking_ you _all _captive through the philosophy and empty seduction, according _to the tradition of_ the _humans, according _to the principles of _the world, and not according _to chosen _one /messiah.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συλαγωγέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to control completely, to take control of, to make a captive of