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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #259 - ἅλωσις

Transliteration

hálōsis

Phonetics

hal'-o-sis

Origin

from a collateral form of (G138)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a catching, capture, to be taken

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 8610 ‑ תָּפַשׂ (taw‑fas');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Peter 1

BSB (1)

2 Peter 1

CSB (1)

2 Peter 1

ESV (1)

2 Peter 1

KJV (1)

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (1)

2 Peter 1

N95 (1)

2 Peter 1

NAS (1)

2 Peter 1

NLT (1)

2 Peter 1

WEB (1)

2 Peter 1

YLT (1)

2 Peter 1

ASV (1)

be taken 1

BSB (1)

to be captured 1

CSB (1)

caught 1

ESV (1)

caught 1

KJV (1)

taken 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (1)

captured 1

N95 (1)

captured 1

NAS (1)

captured 1

NLT (1)

caught 1

WEB (1)

be taken 1

YLT (1)

be caught 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

BGB

N-ASF 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 1

NA26

N-ASF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

TRG

N-ASF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἅλ-ωσις, εως,

Ion. ιος, ἡ, capture, Pi. O. 10(11).42, Hdt. 1.5, 3.156, A. Ag. 589, etc.; δαΐων ἅ.

1. conquest by enemy, Id. Th. 119: means of conquest, S. Ph. 61.

2. taking, catching of birds and fish, Arist. HA 593a20, 600a3 (pl.); ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, Plu. Numbers 15:1-41.

II law-term, conviction, Pl. Lg. 920a, D.C. Fr. 97.3.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἅλωσις, (εως, ἡ (ἁλόω, ἁλίσκομαι, to be caught), a catching, capture: 2 Peter 2:12 εἰς ἅλωσιν to be taken, (some would here take the word actively: to take). (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἅλωσις , -εως , ἡ

(< ἁλίσκομαι ),

[in LXX: Jeremiah 50:46 (H8610 ni.)*;]

a taking, capture: 2 Peter 2:12.†

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

αλώσεως αλωσιν άλωσιν ἅλωσιν alosin alōsin halosin halōsin hálosin hálōsin