G0259

ἅλωσις

halōsisG:N-F

capture

ἅλωσις, -εως, ἡ (ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Jer.50:46 (תָּפַשׂ ni.)* ;] a taking, capture: 2Pe.2:12.† (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἅλωσις — hálōsis

ἅλωσις, (εως, ἡ (ἁλόω, ἁλίσκομαι, to be caught), a catching, capture: 2Pe 2:12 εἰς ἅλωσιν to be taken, (some would here take the word actively: to take). (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)

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