חָטַף
chataf · seize
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2414 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chataf (חָטַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “seize”.
Take someone suddenly and carry him off by force.
How to say it
cha·taf
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
- To grab suddenly and carry off by force.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he seizes ×1
- seize ×1
- snatch ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 21:21
and watch; and look, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out from the vineyards and snatch for yourselves, each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
- Psalms 10:9
He lies in wait in the hiding place like a lion in its lair; he lies in wait to seize the afflicted; he seizes the afflicted by dragging him into his net.
And 1 more times.