Lexicon chataph: to catch, seize Original Word: חָטַףPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chataph Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-taf') Short Definition: catch NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto catch, seize NASB Translationcatch (2), catches (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חָטַף verb catch, seize (Arabic  ; compare Assyrian ta—‰îpu, oppression, Dl Pr 181; Late Hebrew חָטַף, Aramaic  seize, חֲטַף do hurriedly) — Qal Perfect וַחֲטַפְתֶּם consecutive Judges 21:21 literally, seize wives; Imperfect יַחֲטֹף עָנִי Psalm 10:9; Infinitive לַחֲטוֺף עָנִי Psalm 10:9 both figurative of oppressor catching the distressed; all followed by accusative
Strong's catch A primitive root; to clutch; hence, to seize as a prisoner -- catch. |
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