To snatch
סָפָהStrong’s H5595saphah (sa-phah)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “should be swept away”, “sweep away” and “add”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
Meaning
- To sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
How it's translated
- you should be swept away 3
- will you sweep away 2
- to add 2
- to sweep away 1
- i will catch up 1
- you will be swept away 1
- and he will be carried away 1
- i will be swept away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 4
- 1 Samuel 3
- Isaiah 3
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 19:15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Numbers 16:26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
- Numbers 32:14And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
- Deuteronomy 29:19And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Hebrew dictionary
סָפָה saphah · to snatch
1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be snatched away 1a2) to sweep or snatch away 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swept away, be destroyed 1b2) to be caught up, be captured 1c) (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “snatch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SNATCH, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive snatched or snacht.
- To seize hastily or abruptly.
- To seize without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a kiss.
- To seize and transport away; as, snatch me to heaven.
All definitions and other forms of “snatch”
SNATCH, verb intransitive
To catch at; to attempt to seize suddenly. Nay, the ladies too will be snatching. He shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry.
SNATCH, noun
- A hasty catch or seizing.
- A catching at or attempt to seize suddenly.
- A short fit of vigorous action; as a snatch as weeding after a shower.
- A broken or interrupted action; a short fit or turn.
- A shuffling answer. [Little used.]
SNATCH'-BLOCK, noun
A particular kind of block used in ships, having an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
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.