ἁρπάζω,
fut. -άξω Il. 22.310, Babr. 89.2, -άσω X. Eq.Mag. 4.17, (ἀν-) E. Ion 1303; in Att. more commonly ἁρπάσομαι Ar. Pax 1118, Ec. 866, Av. 1460, X. Cyr. 7.2.5, (ἀν-) Hdt. 9.59; contr. ἁρπῶμαι, ἁρπᾷ LXX [Lev 19:13], al.: aor. ἥρπαξα Il. 3.444, Pi. N. 10.67, IG 4.951.11 (Epid.); Trag. and Att. ἥρπασα E. Or. 1634, Th. 6.101 (also Il. 13.528, 17.62, Hdt. 2.156): pf. ἥρπακα Ar. Pl. 372, Pl. Grg. 481a: - Med., aor. ἡρπασάμην Luc. Tim. 22, etc. ὑφ-αρπάσαιο Ar. Ec. 921): - Pass., pf. ἥρπασμαι X. An. 1.2.27, E. Ph. 1079 (ἀν-): 3 plpf. ἥρπαστο Id. El. 1041; later ἥρπαγμαι Paus. 3.18.7, inf. -άχθαι Str. 13.1.11: aor. 1 ἡρπάσθην Hdt. 1.1 and 4, etc., -χθην Id. 2.90 (v.l.), 8.115, D.S. 17.74; later, aor. 2 ἡρπάγην [ᾰ ] Lyc. 505, etc.: fut. ἁρπᾰγήσομαι [1Th 4:17], J.BJ 5.10.3; part. ἁρπάμενος (as if from ἅρπημι) AP 11.59 (Maced.), Nonn. D. 1.340, al., (ὑφ-) AP 9.619 (Agath.): -
1. snatch away, carry off, ὅτε σε πρῶτον Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς ἔπλεον ἁρπάξας Il. 3.444; ὡς δ’ ὅτε τίς τε λέων.. ἀγέλης βοῦν ἁρπάσῃ ib. 17.62; τοὺς δ’ αἶψ’ ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θύελλα Od. 10.48, cf. 5.416; κλέψαι τε χἁρπάσαι βίᾳ S. Ph. 644; ἁ. τοῦ βασιλέος τὴν θυγατέρα Hdt. 1.2; ἁ. [χρυσὸν] ὑπὲκ τῶν γρυπῶν Id. 3.116; ἁ. καὶ φέρειν Lys. 20.17: abs., to be a robber, ὁτιὴ π[]ιώρκεις ἡρπακώς Ar. Eq. 428, cf. Pl. 372; ἁρπάζειν βλέπει looks thievish, Men. Epit. 181: - Pass. (or Med.), ἐκ χερῶν ἁρπάζομαι have her torn from my arms, E. Andr. 661.
2. seize hastily, snatch up, λᾶαν Il. 12.445; δόρυ A. Th. 624; τὰ ὅπλα X. An. 6.1.8; ἁ. τινὰ μέσον seize him by the waist, Hdt. 9.107; λίθος ἥτις τὸν σίδηρον ἁρπάζει, of the magnet, Hp. Steril. 243: c. gen. of the part seized, ἁ. τινὰ τένοντος ποδός E. Cyc. 400: c. gen. partit., ἁ. τούτων ἐνέτραγον Timocl. 16.7: abs., ἀπογεύονται ἁρπάζοντες greedily, Pl. R. 354b: - Med. in Luc. Sacr. 3.
3. seize, overpower, overmaster, γλῶσσαν ἁ. φόβος A. Th. 259; seize, occupy a post, X. An. 4.6.11; ἁρπάσαι πεῖραν seize an opportunity of attacking, S. Aj. 2; ἁ. τὸν καιρόν Plu. Phil. 15; snap up, ὥσπερ εὕρημα Herod. 6.30.
4. seize, adopt a legend, of an author, Hdt. 2.156.
5. grasp with the senses, ὀσμαὶ -όμεναι ταῖς ὀσφρήσεσιν Plu. 2.647e.
6. captivate, ravish, LXX Ju. 16.9, Plu. Ant. 28.
7. draw up by means of a vacuum, Simp. in Ph. 647.28. II plunder, πόλεις, τὰ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, etc., Th. 1.5, X. Cyr. 7.2.5, D. 8.55, etc.
ἁρπάζω harpazō 14x
to seize, as a wild beast, [Joh 10:12];
take away by force, snatch away, [Mat 13:19]; [Joh 10:28-29]; [Act 23:10]; [Jud 1:23];
met.
to seize on with avidity, eagerly, appropriate, [Mat 11:12]; to convey away suddenly, transport hastily, [Joh 6:15] catch; snatch.
G726 — 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, Jude 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.)
ἁρπάζω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1497, H2963;]
to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: c . acc rei , [Mat 12:29]; [Mat 13:19], [Joh 10:12]; [Joh 10:28-29]; τ . βασιλεία v τ . θε o ῦ , [Mat 11:12]; c . acc pers ., [Joh 6:15], [Act 8:39]; [Act 23:10], [Jud 1:23]; pass ., seq . ἕως , [2Co 12:2]; εἰς , [2Co 12:4], [1Th 4:17]; πρός , [Rev 12:5] ( cf. δι -, συν - αρπάζω , and v. MM , s.v. ). †