ἘΞΑΡΠΑΣΑΙ, ἐξαρπασαι
EXARPASAI, exarpasai
Sounds Like: eks-AR-pa-sai
Translations: to snatch away, to rescue, to seize, to pluck out
From the root: ΕΞΑΡΠΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive of the verb 'exarpazo', meaning 'to snatch away' or 'to rescue'. It is a compound word formed from 'ek' (out of) and 'harpazo' (to seize or snatch). It describes the act of taking something or someone quickly and forcefully, often with the implication of removing them from danger or a difficult situation, or conversely, seizing them for a harmful purpose.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1817 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 16:336
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 12:32
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 7:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΞΑΡΠΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΑΡΠΑΖΟΥΣΙ — they snatch away, they seize, they plunder, they carry off, they take by force
- ἘΞΑΡΠΑΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of having snatched away, of having seized, of having plundered
- ἘΞΑΡΠΑΣΑΣΑ — having snatched away, having seized, having rescued, having plundered
- ἘΞΑΡΠΑΣΩ — I will snatch away, I will rescue, I will deliver, I will seize
- ἘΞΗΡΠΑΖΟΝ — they were snatching away, they were seizing, they were plundering, they were carrying off
- ἘΞΗΡΠΑΣΕΝ — snatched away, rescued, plucked out, seized, carried off
- ΕΞΑΡΠΑΖΩ — to snatch away, to rescue, to seize, to carry off by force
- ΕΞΑΡΠΑΣΑΙ — to snatch away, to seize, to rescue, to carry off
- ΕΞΗΡΠΑΣΑ — I snatched away, I rescued, I seized, I carried off
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