Strong G724ἁρπαγή
plunder
- Transliteration
- harpagē
- Pronunciation
- har-pag-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G726; pillage (properly abstract): - extortion ravening spoiling.
Detailed definition
ἁρπαγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἁρπάζω), [in LXX (as also ἅρπαγμα) for גָּזֵל, etc.;]
pillage, plundering, robbery: Mat.23:25, Luk.11:39, Heb.10:34.†
(AS)
(ἁρπάζω), [in LXX (as also ἅρπαγμα) for גָּזֵל, etc.;]
pillage, plundering, robbery: Mat.23:25, Luk.11:39, Heb.10:34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G724 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- extortion1
- raven1
- spoiling1
First verses
- Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Hebrews 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁρπαγ-ή, ἡ,
seizure, robbery, rape, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.13)]; ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς δίκην found guilty of rape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 534; αἰτέειν δίκας τῆς ἁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2; ἁρπαγῇ χρησαμένους [prev. work] 5)]; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.12; ἐφ᾽ ἁ. τραπέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.25; τοῦ κρητῆρος ἡ ἁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48)]: plural, of a single act, συνεπρήξαντο τὰς Ἑλένης ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.94, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 351 (Lyric poetry), “Supp.” 510)]; Καδμείων ἁ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1021 (Lyric poetry).)]
II thing seized, booty, prey, τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 752)]; ἁ. κυσί, θηρσί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 1019, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896)]; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι to make booty of a thing. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.62.)]
III greediness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.17.)]
IV ἐν ἁρπαγῇ σελήνης when the moon is invisible, [Refs (PMag.Par. 1.750.)]
seizure, robbery, rape, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.13)]; ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς δίκην found guilty of rape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 534; αἰτέειν δίκας τῆς ἁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.2; ἁρπαγῇ χρησαμένους [prev. work] 5)]; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.12; ἐφ᾽ ἁ. τραπέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.25; τοῦ κρητῆρος ἡ ἁ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48)]: plural, of a single act, συνεπρήξαντο τὰς Ἑλένης ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.94, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 351 (Lyric poetry), “Supp.” 510)]; Καδμείων ἁ., of the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1021 (Lyric poetry).)]
II thing seized, booty, prey, τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 752)]; ἁ. κυσί, θηρσί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 1019, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 896)]; ἁρπαγὴν ποιεῖσθαί τι to make booty of a thing. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.62.)]
III greediness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.17.)]
IV ἐν ἁρπαγῇ σελήνης when the moon is invisible, [Refs (PMag.Par. 1.750.)]