Dictionary entry

ἁρπάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἁρπάζω,

[in LXX chiefly for גּזל, טרף;]

to seize, catch up, snatch away, carry off by force: c. acc. rei, Mt 12:2913:19, Jo 10:12, 28, 29; τ. βασιλείαν τ. θεοῦ, Mt 11:12; c. acc. pers., Jo 6:15, Ac 8:3923:10, Ju 23; pass., seq. ἕως, II Co 12:2; εἰς, II Co 12:4, I Th 4:17; πρός, Re 12:5 (cf. δι-, συν-αρπάζω, and v. MM, s.v.).†