ΑΡΠΑΓΕΣ, αρπαγες
ARPAGES, arpages
Sounds Like: har-PAH-ghes
Translations: greedy, rapacious, extortioner, robber, ravening, a plunderer
From the root: ΑΡΠΑΞ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is greedy, rapacious, or given to seizing things by force. It can be used as an adjective to describe a quality, or as a noun to refer to a person who exhibits this quality, such as an extortioner or a robber. It implies a violent or aggressive taking of what belongs to others.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 35:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ΑΡΠΑΞ — rapacious, ravenous, extortioner, plunderer, robber, grasping, a plunderer, an extortioner
- 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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