to seize

Greek, Verb

ἁρπάζω [in LXX chiefly for גָּזַל, טָרַף;] to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:29 13:19, Jhn.10:12, 28-29; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, Mat.11:12; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:15, Act.8:39 23:10, Ju 23; pass, before ἕως, 2Co.12:2; εἰς, 2Co.12:4, 1Th.4:17; πρός, Rev.12:5 (cf. δι, συν-αρπάζω, and see MM, see word). (AS)

to seize

Greek, Verb

ἁρπάζω, future -άξω[Refs 8th c.BC+] -άσω [Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect more commonly ἁρπάσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; contraction ἁρπῶμαι, ἁρπᾷ[LXX]: aorist ἥρπαξα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Trag. and Attic dialect ἥρπασα[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἥρπακα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἡρπασάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἥρπασμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἀν-): [Refs]pluperfect ἥρπαστο[Refs 2nd c.AD+], infinitive -άχθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist 1 ἡρπάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4, etc, -χθην [Refs 1st c.BC+]; later, aorist 2 ἡρπάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future ἁρπᾰγήσομαι[NT+1st c.AD+]; participle ἁρπάμενος (as if from ἅρπημι) [Refs 1st c.AD+], (ὑφ-) [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—snatch away, carry off, ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τίς τε λέων. ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃ[Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be a robber, ὁτιὴ ’πιώρκεις ἡρπακώς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρπάζειν βλέπει looks thievish, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive (or middle), ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαι I have her torn from my arms, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) seize hastily, snatch up, λᾶαν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἁ. τινὰ μέσον seize him by the waist, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει, of the magnet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]greedily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 3) seize, overpower, overmaster, γλῶσσαν ἁ. φόβος[Refs 4th c.BC+]; seize, occupy a post, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν seize an opportunity of attacking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; snap up, ὥσπερ εὕρημα[Refs 3rd c.BC+] 4) seize, adopt a legend, of an author, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) grasp with the senses, ὀσμαὶ -όμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν[Refs 1st c.AD+] 6) captivate, ravish, [LXX+1st c.AD+] 7) draw up by means of a vacuum, [Refs 6th c.AD+] II) plunder, πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to seize (in various applications); catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force); from a derivative of g138 (αἱρέομαι);