Greek verb · G726
ἁρπάζω
harpazohar-pad'-zo
to seize
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: harpázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G726is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G726
to seize (in various applications)
The King James renders it: catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
harpazo is rendered "to seize". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
Matthew 11:12ἁρπάζουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's fourteen uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to seize2
- carried away1
- claim1
- having been caught up1
- he was caught up1
- snatches1
- snatches away1
- snatching1
- to plunder1
- to take by force1
- was caught up1
- we will be caught away1
and 1 more, 14 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἁρπάζει2
- ἁρπάζειν2
- ἁρπάσαι2
- ἁρπαγέντα1
- ἁρπαγησόμεθα1
- ἁρπάζοντες1
- ἁρπάζουσιν1
- ἁρπάσει1
- ἡρπάγη1
- ἥρπασεν1
- ἡρπάσθη1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2API-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-2APP-ASM
- verb · future passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-2FPI-1P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Matthew
three uses
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
- ἁρπάζουσινharpazousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: claim
Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
- ἁρπάσαιharpasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to plunder
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- ἁρπάζειharpazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: snatches away
John
four uses
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- ἁρπάζεινharpazeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seize
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
- ἁρπάζειharpazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: snatches
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- ἁρπάσειharpaseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will seize
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- ἁρπάζεινharpazeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seize
Acts
two uses
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.
- ἥρπασενherpasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: carried away
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
- ἁρπάσαιharpasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take by force
2 Corinthians
two uses
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
- ἁρπαγένταharpagentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having been caught up
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.
- ἡρπάγηherpageverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was caught up
1 Thessalonians
one use
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.
- ἁρπαγησόμεθαharpagesomethaverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will be caught away
Jude
one use
save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
- ἁρπάζοντεςharpazontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: snatching
Revelation
one use
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
- ἡρπάσθηherpastheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was caught up
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.