αἰχμαλωτίζω

αἰχμαλωτίζω — aichmalōtízō

αἰχμαλωτίζω; 1 future passive αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι;

a. equivalent to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier Greeks use.

b. to lead away captive: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk 21:24 (1Ma 10:33; Tob 1:10).

c. figuratively, to subjugate, bring under control: 2Co 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, 2Ti 3:6 (not Rec.) (Jdt 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).