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Priority Greek/Hebrew Meanings
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Greek G726 harpázō
Original: ἁρπάζω
Meaning:
from a derivative of αἱρέομαι; to seize (in various applications):--catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to seize (in various applications):--catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
Greek G1283 diarpázō
Original: διαρπάζω
Meaning:
from διά and ἁρπάζω; to seize asunder, i.e. plunder:--spoil.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to seize asunder, i.e. plunder:--spoil.
Greek G2510 katháptō
Original: καθάπτω
Meaning:
from κατά and ἅπτομαι; to seize upon:--fasten on.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to seize upon:--fasten on.
Greek G2638 katalambánō
Original: καταλαμβάνω
Meaning:
from κατά and λαμβάνω; to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively):--apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively):--apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.
Greek G2722 katéchō
Original: κατέχω
Meaning:
from κατά and ἔχω; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
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Greek G2902 kratéō
Original: κρατέω
Meaning:
from κράτος; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively):--hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
Greek G2983 lambánō
Original: λαμβάνω
Meaning:
a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas δέχομαι is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while αἱρέομαι is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Greek G4084 piázō
Original: πιάζω
Meaning:
probably another form of βιάζω; to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture)):--apprehend, catch, lay hand on, take. Compare πιέζω.
Greek G4884 synarpázō
Original: συναρπάζω
Meaning:
from σύν and ἁρπάζω; to snatch together, i.e. seize:--catch.
Greek G5136 trachēlízō
Original: τραχηλίζω
Meaning:
from τράχηλος; to seize by the throat or neck, i.e. to expose the gullet of a victim for killing (generally, to lay bare):--opened.
Hebrew H3451 yᵉshîymah
Original: יְשִׁימַה
Meaning:
from יָשַׁם; desolation; let death seize (from the margin).
Hebrew H3947 lâqach
Original: לָקַח
Meaning:
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
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