Strong H8610תָּפַשׂ

to capture

Transliteration: tâphaώ
Pronunciation: taw-fas'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {manipulate} that {is} seize; chiefly to {capture} wield; specifically to overlay; figuratively to use unwarrantably: - {catch} {handle} ({lay} take) hold ({on} {over}) {stop} X {surely} {surprise} take.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to capture

Exact lexical definition: lay hold of

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: תָּפַשׂ vb . lay hold of , wield Qal lay hold of , seize grasp in order to wield , wield , use skilfully Niph . be seized , arrested , caught Pi . a lizard thou mayest grasp with the hands

In the Bible

Strong H8610 appears in 60 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

take35
hold6
handle5
catch4
handleth2
surprise2
handling1
holdest1
lay1
shalt1
stop1
taken1

First verses

Genesis 4:21
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 39:12
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Numbers 5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
Numbers 31:27
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Deuteronomy 9:17
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
Deuteronomy 20:19
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Deuteronomy 22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Joshua 8:8
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Joshua 8:23
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 23:26
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
1 Kings 11:30
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
1 Kings 13:4
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
1 Kings 20:18
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
2 Kings 7:12
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
2 Kings 10:14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
2 Kings 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
2 Kings 14:13
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

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