Word

συναρπάζω

synarpázō · G4884 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to seize, to take off with

    To seize or snatch by force and to take away with

    Examples

    Luke 8:29 For He had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into the desert.

    Acts 19:29 The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s Macedonian traveling companions.

    Acts 27:15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.

  2. to force off course, to cause to go off course

    To cause something to be moved off course

    Examples

    Acts 27:15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind.

How it’s used In 2 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 4 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

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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Semantic domains 2 entries
To force off course, to cause to go off course15.6
Luke records that during the storm at sea, “when the ship was caught in it and could not head up into the wind, we gave up and let ourselves be driven by the wind” (Acts 27:15).
To seize, to take off with18.5
Luke records that the mob “rushed together into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's Macedonian traveling companions” (Acts 19:29).
Word family 28 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

αἱρέομαι hairéomai · G138 · to choose, to select, to prefer · 3×ἀναιρέω anairéō · G337 · to kill, to execute, killing · 24×ἁρπάζω harpázō · G726 · to seize, to snatch away, to take away · 14×ἀφαιρέω aphairéō · G851 · to put away, to put out of the way, to remove · 10×αἵρεσις haíresis · G139 · religious party, sect, false teaching · 9×καθαιρέω kathairéō · G2507 · to bring down, to lower, to take down · 9×ἐξαιρέω exairéō · G1807 · to take out, to remove, to set free · 8×σπεῖρα speîra · G4686 · cohort, band of soldiers · 7×ἅρπαξ hárpax · G727 · robber, plunderer, vicious · 5×αἰχμαλωτίζω aichmalōtízō · G163 · to make captive, to take captive, to capture someone in war · 4×περιαιρέω periairéō · G4014 · to take from around, to remove, to lift anchor · 4×συναρπάζωsynarpázō · G4884αἰχμαλωσία aichmalōsía · G161 · captivity · 3×ἁρπαγή harpagḗ · G724 · to rob, to carry off, to plunder · 3×διαίρεσις diaíresis · G1243 · to divide, to distribute, division · 3×διαρπάζω diarpázō · G1283 · to plunder, to rob · 3×καθαίρεσις kathaíresis · G2506 · to destroy, to tear down, destruction · 3×συναιχμάλωτος synaichmálōtos · G4869 · fellow prisoner · 3×αὐθαίρετος authaíretos · G830 · willing, of one’s own free will · 2×διαιρέω diairéō · G1244 · to divide, to distribute, division · 2×αἱρετίζω hairetízō · G140 · to choose, to select · 1×αἱρετικός hairetikós · G141 · divisive, one who causes divisions · 1×αἰχμαλωτεύω aichmalōteúō · G162 · to make captive, to take captive, to capture someone in war · 1×αἰχμάλωτος aichmálōtos · G164 · captive, prisoner of war · 1×ἅλωσις hálōsis · G259 · capture, to be caught · 1×ἀναίρεσις anaíresis · G336 · to kill, to execute, killing · 1×ἁρπαγμός harpagmós · G725 · to rob, to carry off, to plunder · 1×προαιρέομαι proairéomai · G4255 · to decide beforehand, to determine ahead of time, to decide upon ahead of time · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist συνήρπασα; pluperfect συνηρπάκειν; 1 aorist passive συνηρπασθην; to seize by…
: 1 aorist συνήρπασα; pluperfect συνηρπάκειν; 1 aorist passive συνηρπασθην; to seize by force: τινα, Acts 6:12; Acts 19:29; to catch or lay hold of (one, so that he is no longer his own master), Lk 8:29; to seize by force and carry away, Acts 27:15. (Tragg., Aristophanes, Xenophon, others.)

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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