harpazō · snatch

What it means

harpazō (ἁρπάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “snatch”.

Carry off by force.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To seize something or someone suddenly and forcibly, taking it from where it is.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• caught up ×3
• snatch ×3
• seize ×2
• carry off ×1
• seizes ×1
• snatched away ×1
• snatches away ×1
• snatching them ×1
• was snatched up ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• John×4
• Acts×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 11:12

  And from the days of John the Immerser until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent people seize it.

• Matthew 12:29

  Or how can anyone enter into the strong man’s house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

• Matthew 13:19

  When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; this is the one sown along the path.

• John 6:15

  So Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself alone.

• John 10:12

  The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters them.

• John 10:28

  and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, ever; and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

• John 10:29

  My Father —what he has given me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

• Acts 8:39

  And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched away Philip, and the eunuch did not see him anymore, for he went on his way rejoicing.

• Acts 23:10

  And when the dissension became great, the commander, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down, snatch him from their midst, and bring him into the barracks.

• 2 Corinthians 12:2

  I know a man in the Messiah fourteen years ago —whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows— that such a one was caught up to the third heaven.

• 2 Corinthians 12:4

  that he was caught up into paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not permitted for a human being to speak.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:17

  then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.

• Jude 1:23

  save others by snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh.

• Revelation 12:5

  And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is going to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.