Rapacious
ἅρπαξStrong’s G0727harpax
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Harpax is the Greek word usually translated “swindlers”, “ravenous” and “swindler”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
Meaning
Usually translated “swindlers”, “ravenous” and “swindler”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- swindlers 2
- ravenous 1
- with swindlers 1
- swindler 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- 1 Corinthians 5:10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Greek dictionary
ἅρπαξ harpax · rapacious
ἅρπαξ, -αγος, ὁ, ἡ (ἁρπάζω), [in LXX: Gen.49:27 (טָרַף) * ;] rapacious: Mat.7:15, Luk.18:11; as subst., a swindler, an extortioner (MM, see word), 1Co.5:10-11 6:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rapacious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RAPA'CIOUS, adjective
[Latin rapax, from rapio, to seize. See Rap.]
- Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force; as a rapacious enemy.
- Accustomed to seize for food; subsisting on prey or animals seized by violence; as a rapacious tiger; a rapacious fowl.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.