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To capture

συλαγωγέωStrong’s G4812

sulagōgeō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sulagōgeō is the Greek word usually translated “is taking captive”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
Colossians 2:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “is taking captive”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • is taking captive 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Colossians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    συλαγωγέω sulagōgeō · to capture

    συλαγωγέω, -ῶ (σύλη, booty + ἄγω), to carry off as spoil, lead captive (θυγατέρα, Heliod., Aeth., 10, 35): metaphorically, Col.2:8.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “capture” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CAPTURE, noun

    1. In a general sense, the act of taking or seizing; as the capture of an enemy, of a ship, or of booty, by force, surprise or stratagem.
    2. The thing taken; a prize; prey taken by force, surprise or stratagem.
    3. Seizure; arrest as the capture of a criminal or debtor.
    All definitions and other forms of “capture”

      CAPTURE, verb transitive

      To take or seize by force, surprise or stratagem, as an enemy or his property; to take by force under the authority of a commission; as to capture a ship.

        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.