ἁρπάζω

ἁρπάζω — harpázō

ἁρπάζω; future ἁρπάσω (Veitch, under the word; cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 407); 1 aorist ἥρπασα; passive, 1 aorist ἡρπασθην; 2 aorist ἡρπαγην (2Co 12:2; 2Co 12:4; Wis 4:11; cf. Winers Grammar, 83 (80); (Buttmann, 54 (47); WH's Appendix, p. 170)); 2 future ἁρπαγήσομαι; ((Latinrapio; Curtius, § 331); from Homer down); to seize, carry off by force: τί (Mat 12:29 not R G (see διαρπάζω)); Joh 10:12; to seize on, claim for oneself eagerly: τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Mat 11:12 (Xenophon, an. 6, 5, 18, etc.); to snatch out or away: τί, Mat 13:19; τί ἐκ χειρός τίνος, Joh 10:28 f; τινα ἐκ πυρός, proverbial, to rescue from the danger of destruction, Jud 1:23 (Amo 4:11; Zec 3:2); τινα, to seize and carry off speedily, Joh 6:15; Act 23:10; used of divine power transferring a person marvellously and swiftly from one place to another, to snatch or catch away: Act 8:39; passive, πρός τόν Θεόν, Rev 12:5; followed by ἕως with the genitive of place, 2Co 12:2; εἰς τόν παράδεισον, 2Co 12:4; εἰς ἀέρα, 1Th 4:17. (Compare: διαρπάζω, συναρπάζω.)