Strong G259ἅλωσις
capture
- Transliteration
- halōsis
- Pronunciation
- hal'-o-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a collateral form of G138; capture: - be taken.
Detailed definition
ἅλωσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Jer.50:46 (תָּפַשׂ ni.)*;]
a taking, capture: 2Pe.2:12.†
(AS)
(ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Jer.50:46 (תָּפַשׂ ni.)*;]
a taking, capture: 2Pe.2:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G259 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- take1
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἅλ-ωσις, εως,
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, capture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 3.156, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 589, etc.)]; δαΐων ἅ. conquest by enemy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 119)]: means of conquest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 61.)]
2 taking, catching of birds and fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 593a20, 600a3 (_plural_))]; ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 15.)]
II law-term, conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 920a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 97.3.)]
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, capture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 3.156, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 589, etc.)]; δαΐων ἅ. conquest by enemy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Th.” 119)]: means of conquest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 61.)]
2 taking, catching of birds and fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 593a20, 600a3 (_plural_))]; ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 15.)]
II law-term, conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 920a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 97.3.)]