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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #162 - αἰχμαλωτεύω

Transliteration

aichmalōteúō

Phonetics

aheekh-mal-o-tew'-o

Origin

from (G164)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

1:195,31

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to make captive, take captive, capture

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1540 ‑ גָּלָה (gaw‑law'); 3947 ‑ לָקַח (law‑kakh'); 5090 ‑ נָהַג (naw‑hag'); 7617 ‑ שָׁבָה (shaw‑baw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Ephesians 2

2 Timothy 1

BSB (1)

Ephesians 1

CSB (0)

Ephesians 1

ESV (2)

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

KJV (2)

Ephesians 1

2 Timothy 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Ephesians 2

N95 (2)

Ephesians 2

NAS (2)

Ephesians 2

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Ephesians 2

2 Timothy 1

YLT (1)

Ephesians 1

ASV (3)

captive 1

he led 1

take captive 1

BSB (1)

he led 1

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (2)

capture 1

host 1

KJV (2)

captive 1

captivity 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

captive 1

led 1

N95 (2)

captive 1

led 1

NAS (2)

captive 1

led 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

captive 1

he led 1

take captive 1

YLT (1)

he led captive 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

NA26

V-3AAIS 1

SBL

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 1

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-AAI-3S 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

αἰχμᾰλ-ωτεύω,

= sq., LXX Genesis 34:29, al., Ephesians 4:8; capture, πλοῦτον Ps.-Callisth. 3.20.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

αἰχμαλωτεύω; 1 aorist ἠχμαλώτευσα; a later word (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 442; (Winers Grammar, 92 (88).)); to make captive, take captive: 2 Timothy 3:6 Rec.; frequent in the Sept. and O. T. Apocrypha; to lead captive: Ephesians 4:8 (Ezekiel 12:3; (1 Esdr. 6:15)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† αἰχμαλωτεύω

(<αἰχμάλωτος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7617;]

= αἰχμαλωτίζω , q.v.,

to lead captive: Ephesians 4:8 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αιχμαλωτευθήσεται αιχμαλωτευθήση αιχμαλωτεύθητι αιχμαλωτευομένη αιχμαλωτευόμενοι αιχμαλωτεύοντες αιχμαλωτευόντων αιχμαλωτεύσαι αιχμαλωτεύσαντες αιχμαλωτευσάντων αιχμαλωτεύση αιχμαλωτεύσουσί αιχμαλωτεύσουσιν ηχμαλωτεύθησαν ηχμαλώτευσαν ηχμαλώτευσας ηχμαλωτεύσατε ηχμαλώτευσε ηχμαλωτευσεν ηχμαλώτευσεν ᾐχμαλώτευσεν ηχμαλώτευται echmaloteusen ēchmalōteusen eichmalṓteusen ēichmalṓteusen