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תָּפַשׂ
tâphas · Hebrew · Strong's H8610 · 65 occurrences
The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “take”
What it means
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
catch, handle, lay, take hold on, over, stop, surprise, take
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“take”
also renders epiphérō (G2018), déchomai (G1209), proslambánō (G4355), apolambánō (G618), poiéō (G4160), aporphanízō (G642), syllambánō (G4815), piázō (G4084), katéchō (G2722), dídōmi (G1325), apaírō (G522), ekbállō (G1544), harpázō (G726), drássomai (G1405), synaírō (G4868), metalambánō (G3335), kratéō (G2902), prosdéchomai (G4327), ʼâbad (H6), gâzâh (H1491), dâbaq (H1692), châzaq (H2388), châsaph (H2834), yâhab (H3051), yâshab (H3427), nâçag (H5253), nâtsal (H5337), nᵉsâʼ (H5376), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻădâʼ (H5709), ʻâsâh (H6213), tsûwd (H6679), qᵉbal (H6902), râbâh (H7235), tâmak (H8551)
“lay”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), epibállō (G1911), katabállō (G2598), logízomai (G3049), klínō (G2827), katatíthēmi (G2698), keîmai (G2749), phérō (G5342), bállō (G906), anaklínō (G347), epíkeimai (G1945), ʼâchaz (H270), chârab (H2717), yᵉhab (H3052), yâçad (H3245), yârâh (H3384), mâlaṭ (H4422), nûwach (H5117), nâtsab (H5324), ʻâbar (H5674), shâvâh (H7737), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896), shâkan (H7931)
“catch”
“over”
also renders diérchomai (G1330), péran (G4008), ephístēmi (G2186), parérchomai (G3928), epánō (G1883), hyperánō (G5231), yôwthêr (H3148), nâthan (H5414), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻêllâʼ (H5924), râbâh (H7235), râqaʻ (H7554)
“stop”
“handle”
also renders thingánō (G2345), psēlapháō (G5584), ʼâchaz (H270)
“take hold on”
also renders mâtsâʼ (H4672)
Where it appears
65 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 11:30 · HC/Vqw3ms
Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
1 Kings 13:4 · HVqv2mp/Sp3ms
When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.
1 Kings 18:40 · HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3mp
Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
1 Kings 20:18 · HVqv2mp/Sp3mp
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
1 Samuel 15:8 · HC/Vqw3ms
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 23:26 · HR/Vqc/Sp3mp
Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
2 Chronicles 25:23 HVqp3ms2 Kings 7:12 HC/Vqi1cp/Sp3mp2 Kings 10:14 HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3mp2 Kings 14:7 HC/Vqp3ms2 Kings 14:13 HVqp3ms2 Kings 16:9 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs2 Kings 18:13 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp2 Kings 25:6 HC/Vqw3mpAmos 2:15 HC/VqrmscDeuteronomy 9:17 HC/Vqw1csDeuteronomy 20:19 HR/Vqc/Sp3fsDeuteronomy 21:19 HC/Vqq3cpDeuteronomy 22:28 HC/Vqq3ms/Sp3fsEzekiel 12:13 HC/VNq3msEzekiel 14:5 HVqcEzekiel 17:20 HC/VNq3msEzekiel 19:4 HVNp3msEzekiel 19:8 HVNp3msEzekiel 21:11 HR/VqcEzekiel 21:23 HR/VNcEzekiel 21:24 HVNi2mpEzekiel 27:29 HVqrmpcEzekiel 29:7 HR/Vqc/Sp3mpEzekiel 30:21 HR/VqcEzekiel 38:4 HVqrmpcGenesis 4:21 HVqrmscGenesis 39:12 HC/Vqw3fs/Sp3msHabakkuk 2:19 HVqsmsaIsaiah 3:6 HVqi3msIsaiah 36:1 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpJeremiah 2:8 HC/VqrmpcJeremiah 26:8 HC/Vqw3mpJeremiah 34:3 HVNi2msJeremiah 37:13 HC/Vqw3msJeremiah 37:14 HC/Vqw3msJeremiah 38:23 HVNi2msJeremiah 40:10 HVqp2mpJeremiah 46:9 HVqrmpcJeremiah 48:41 HVNp3fsJeremiah 49:16 HVqrmscJeremiah 50:16 HC/VqrmscJeremiah 50:24 HVNp2fsJeremiah 50:46 HVNp3fsJeremiah 51:32 HVNp3cpJeremiah 51:41 HC/VNw3fsJeremiah 52:9 HC/Vqw3mpJoshua 8:8 HR/Vqc/Sp2mpJoshua 8:23 HVqp3cpNumbers 5:13 HVNp3fsNumbers 31:27 HVqrmpcProverbs 30:9 HC/Vqq1csProverbs 30:28 HVpi2msPsalm 10:2 HVNi3mpPsalm 71:11 HC/Vqv2mp/Sp3ms
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