To seize
חָתַףStrong’s H2862chataph (cha-taph)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chataph is the Hebrew word usually translated “snatch away”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?”
Meaning
- (Qal) to seize, take away, snatch away
How it's translated
- he will snatch away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָתַף chataph · to seize
(Qal) to seize, take away, snatch away
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seize” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEIZE, verb transitive
- To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp suddenly.
- To take possession by force, with or without right.
- To invade suddenly; to take hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient
- To take possession by virtue of a warrant or legal authority.
All definitions
- To fasten; to fix.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.