To capture
תָּפַשׂStrong’s H8610taphas (ta-pha-s)
Appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taphas is the Hebrew word usually translated “seized”, “seize them” and “wield”. It appears in 60 verses of the Old Testament.
“And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.”
Meaning
- To catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield(Qal) · (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured · (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)
How it's translated
- and he seized 4
- seize them 3
- and they seized 3
- wield 3
- and they seized them 2
- and he seized them 2
- you will be captured 2
- and he will be caught 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 16
- Ezekiel 12
- 2 Kings 7
- Deuteronomy 4
- 1 Kings 4
- Genesis 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 39:12And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
- Numbers 5:13And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
- Numbers 31:27And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
- Deuteronomy 9:17And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 20:19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
- Deuteronomy 21:19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
All 60 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
תָּפַשׂ taphas · to capture
1) to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch 1a2) to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully 1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured 1c) (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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
- 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.
- The thing taken; a prize; prey taken by force, surprise or stratagem.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.