Strong G4884συναρπάζω
to seize
- Transliteration
- sunarpazō
- Pronunciation
- soon-ar-pad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συν-αρπάζω
[in LXX: Pro.6:25 (לָקַח), 2Ma.3:27 2Mac 4:41, 4Ma.5:4 *;]
"perfective " of ἁοπάζω (see M, Pr., 113),
__(a) to seize and carry away (so most commonly): Act.27:15;
__(b) to seize and hold: Luk.8:29, Act.6:12 19:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.6:25 (לָקַח), 2Ma.3:27 2Mac 4:41, 4Ma.5:4 *;]
"perfective " of ἁοπάζω (see M, Pr., 113),
__(a) to seize and carry away (so most commonly): Act.27:15;
__(b) to seize and hold: Luk.8:29, Act.6:12 19:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4884 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- catch4
First verses
- Luke 8:29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- Acts 6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
- Acts 19:29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- Acts 27:15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
συναρπάζω,
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 535, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8.1)], -άσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 437, 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 8)]:—snatch and carry away with one, carry clean away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 819, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1493 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.8, “PSI” 4.353.12 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.301, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] βίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 195; βίᾳ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ σ. τινάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.46, compare 12.96; πάντα σ. ὥσπερ θύελλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1150)]; ὁ κρατῶν ἅμα πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.26; ἀετὸς τὸν λαγὼ σ. [prev. work] 2.4.19)]; seize and retain, οὐ δύνανται συναρπάζειν αἱ μῆτραι τὸν γόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)]“Aër.” 21: metaphorically, carry away with one (by persuasive arguments), ξυναρπάσας στρατόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 531, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 32.5, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.2, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 3.10)]; οὐδένα ὑμῶν συναρπάζω I am not 'rushing' you, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 24)]; σ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ ἄνω, of mystical union with the One, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.4)]:—passive, to be seized and carried off, βία ξυναρπασθεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 498; σ. βουκόλων ὕπο [prev. author] “fragment” 659; by death, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 37.)]
2 ξ. Χεῖρας seize and pin them together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1163, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 75.4:)] —middle, ξ. τινὰ μέσον, of a wrestler, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 437.)]
3 metaphorically, ξ. φρενί seize with the mind, grasp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 775; τὸ ῥηθέν Simylus Comicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.18.4)]; σ. τὸ ζητούμενον, in arguing, to be guilty of a petitio principii, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 38, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.35, etc.)]; so συνήρπασται εἰς κτητικὴν σύνταξιν is hastily concluded to have a possessive force, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 165.9.)]
4 carry away, destroy all traces of, τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 16.)]
5 passive, of persons, συνηρπασμένοι having been robbed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 119.28 (1st c.AD).)]
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 535, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 8.1)], -άσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 437, 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 8)]:—snatch and carry away with one, carry clean away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 819, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1493 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.8, “PSI” 4.353.12 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.301, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] βίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 195; βίᾳ ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ σ. τινάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.46, compare 12.96; πάντα σ. ὥσπερ θύελλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1150)]; ὁ κρατῶν ἅμα πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.26; ἀετὸς τὸν λαγὼ σ. [prev. work] 2.4.19)]; seize and retain, οὐ δύνανται συναρπάζειν αἱ μῆτραι τὸν γόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)]“Aër.” 21: metaphorically, carry away with one (by persuasive arguments), ξυναρπάσας στρατόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 531, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 32.5, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 16.2, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 3.10)]; οὐδένα ὑμῶν συναρπάζω I am not 'rushing' you, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 24)]; σ. ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ ἄνω, of mystical union with the One, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.4)]:—passive, to be seized and carried off, βία ξυναρπασθεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 498; σ. βουκόλων ὕπο [prev. author] “fragment” 659; by death, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 37.)]
2 ξ. Χεῖρας seize and pin them together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1163, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 75.4:)] —middle, ξ. τινὰ μέσον, of a wrestler, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 437.)]
3 metaphorically, ξ. φρενί seize with the mind, grasp, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 775; τὸ ῥηθέν Simylus Comicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.18.4)]; σ. τὸ ζητούμενον, in arguing, to be guilty of a petitio principii, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 38, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.35, etc.)]; so συνήρπασται εἰς κτητικὴν σύνταξιν is hastily concluded to have a possessive force, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 165.9.)]
4 carry away, destroy all traces of, τι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 16.)]
5 passive, of persons, συνηρπασμένοι having been robbed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PRyl. 119.28 (1st c.AD).)]