αἰχμαλωτίζω
aichmalōtízō · G163 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to make captive, to take captive, to capture someone in war
To cause someone to become a prisoner of war
ExamplesLuke 21:24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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to get control of
(A figurative extension of meaning of αἰχμαλωτίζω ‘to take captive in war,’) To gain complete control over, either by force or deception
ExamplesRomans 7:23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts.
2 Timothy 3:6 For among them are those who slip into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- γυναικάριονfoolish woman 1
- ἐγώI, we 1
- νόημαmind 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- εἰςto+ ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
- εἰςto+ ὑπακοήobedience 1
- ἐνin+ νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- βλέπωto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׁבָה shâbâh · H7617 · captive, to take captive, to carry off
- Greek αἰχμαλωτίζω and Hebrew שָׁבָה both denote the act of taking captive or making prisoners, with שָׁבָה serving as the standard Hebrew verb for military captivity that αἰχμαλωτίζω translates in LXX contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To get control of37.29
- In 2 Corinthians 10:5, Paul writes that “we are taking every thought captive (aichmalōtízontes) to the obedience of Christ,” where the word describes bringing something under one's control rather than literal captivity.
- To make captive, to take captive, to capture someone in war55.24
- In Luke 21:24, Jesus foretells that the people “will be led captive (aichmalōtisthésontai) into all the nations,” describing the literal capture and deportation that would follow Jerusalem's fall.
Word family 28 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 future passive αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι; a. equivalent to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier…
a. equivalent to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier Greeks use.
b. to lead away captive: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Lk 21:24 (1 Macc. 10:33; Tobit 1:10).
c. figuratively, to subjugate, bring under control: 2 Cor 10:5 (on which passage see νόημα, 2); τινα τίνι, Rom 7:23 (yet T Tr א etc. insert ἐν before the dative); to take captive one's mind, captivate: γυναικάρια, 2 Tim 3:6 (not Rec.) (Judith 16:9 τό κάλλος αὐτῆς ᾐχμαλώτισε ψυχήν αὐτοῦ). The word is used also in the Sept., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Arrian, Heliodorus; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 442; (Winer's Grammar, 91 (87); Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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