ΑΡΠΑΞ, αρπαξ
ARPAX, arpax
Sounds Like: AR-pax
Translations: rapacious, ravenous, extortioner, plunderer, robber, grasping, a plunderer, an extortioner
From the root: ΑΡΠΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is greedy, grasping, or predatory. As an adjective, it means 'rapacious' or 'ravenous,' indicating a tendency to seize or carry off by force. As a noun, it refers to a 'plunderer,' 'robber,' or 'extortioner'—someone who takes things by force or unfair means. It can be used to describe both animals (like a ravenous wolf) and people who are characterized by their greed and willingness to exploit others.
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Nominative Singular; Masculine or Feminine, Dative Plural (ΑΡΠΑΞΙΝ)
Strong’s number: G0727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 49:27
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 5:11
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 2:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΠΑΞ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΡΠΑΓΕΣ — greedy, rapacious, extortioner, robber, ravening, a plunderer
- ΑΡΠΑΞʼ — rapacious, ravenous, extortioner, robber, a robber
- ΑΡΠΑΞΙΝ — to robbers, to extortioners, to plunderers, a robber, an extortioner, a plunderer
- ΑΡΠΑΣ — robber, plunderer, extortioner, a robber, a plunderer, an extortioner
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