ἁρπαγή
harpagḗ · G724 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to rob, to carry off, to plunder, to forcefully seize
To forcefully take something away from someone else, often with the implication of a sudden attack
ExamplesHebrews 10:34 For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession.
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plunder, booty
(Derivative of ἁρπαγή ‘act of plunder,’) That which is taken by force or plundered
ExamplesMatthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
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grasping, violent greed
A state of strong desire to gain things and, if necessary, by violent means
ExamplesLuke 11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπάρχωto be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- γέμωto be full of 1
- προσδέχομαιto wait for, to welcome 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom 2
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- πλεονεξία pleonexía · G4124 · greed, avarice, covetousness
- Greek noun for greedy grasping/covetousness; shares the acquisitive/grasping semantic component with ἁρπαγή, though ἁρπαγή emphasizes violent seizure while πλεονεξία emphasizes the underlying attitude of greed
Contrasting words 1 word
- δόσις dósis · G1394 · to give, giving, gift
- Greek noun for the act of giving; lexically opposite to ἁρπαγή (violent seizure/taking) as voluntary giving versus violent taking
In the other Testament 3 words
- גָּזֵל gâzêl · H1498 · seizing, robbery
- Hebrew abstract noun for robbery/plunder, direct lexical equivalent to ἁρπαγή in passages about violent seizure of property (e.g., Ezek 22:29, Lev 5:23)
- שָׁלָל shâlâl · H7998 · spoil, plunder, booty
- Hebrew noun for plunder/booty, especially in military contexts; overlaps with ἁρπαγή's sense of violently seized goods
- בַּז baz · H957 · spoil, plunder, booty
- Hebrew noun for spoil/plunder taken by force, synonymous with שָׁלָל and functionally equivalent to ἁρπαγή in contexts of violent seizure
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Grasping, violent greed25.24
- In Luke 11:39, Jesus tells the Pharisees, “now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed (harpagẽs) and wickedness,” describing an inner disposition of grasping self-interest.
- To rob, to carry off, to plunder, to forcefully seize57.235
- In Matthew 23:25, Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees, “you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery (harpagẽs) and self-indulgence,” describing their actual practice of unjustly taking what belonged to others.
- Plunder, booty57.237
- In Hebrews 10:34, the writer commends believers who “showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure (harpagḗn) of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession,” naming the property that was actually carried off from them.
Word family 28 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἁρπαγῆς, ἡ (ἁρπάζω), rapine, pillage; 1. the act of plundering, robbery: Heb 10:34. 2.…
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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