Lexicon harpagmos: the act of seizing or the thing seized Original Word: ἁρπαγμός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: harpagmos Phonetic Spelling: (har-pag-mos') Short Definition: spoil, an object of eager desire, a prize Definition: spoil, an object of eager desire, a prize. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 725 harpagmós – to seize, especially by an open display of force. See 726 (harpazō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom harpazóDefinitionthe act of seizing or the thing seized NASB Translationthing to be grasped (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 725: ἁρπαγμόςἁρπαγμός, ἁρπαγμου, ὁ ( ἁρπάζω); 1. the act of seizing, robbery (so Plutarch, de book educ. c. 15 (others 14, 37), vol. 2:12 a. the only instance of its use noted in secular authors). 2. a thing seized or to be seized, booty: ἁρπαγμόν ἡγεῖσθαι τί to deem anything a prlze — a thing to be seized upon or to be held fast, retained, Philippians 2:6; on the meaning of this passage see μορφή; (ἡγεῖσθαι or ποιεῖσθαι τί ἅρπαγμα, Eusebius, h. e. 8, 12, 2; vit. Const. 2, 31; (commentaries in Luc. vi., cf. Mai, Nov. Biblical Patr. iv., p. 165); Heliodorus 7, 11 and 20; 8, 7; (Plutarch, de Alex. virt. 1, 8, p. 330d.);utomniumbonapraedamtuamduceres, Cicero, Verr. 2:5, 15, 39; (see Lightfoot on Phil., p. 133f (cf. p. 111); Wetstein at the passage; Cremer, 4te Aufl., p. 153f)).
Strong's plunder From harpazo; plunder (properly concrete) -- robbery. see GREEK harpazo |
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