תָּפַשׂ (ta.pha.s) means “to capture” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: taw-fas' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
תָּפַשׂ · ta.pha.s · 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)
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a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
KJV glosses: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and captured | 3 |
| take them | 3 |
| captured | 2 |
| he was trapped | 2 |
| seized | 2 |
| the chaldeans seized | 2 |
| and captured it | 1 |
| and catch him | 1 |
| and he seizes her | 1 |
| and he will be caught | 1 |
| and seize him | 1 |
| and take them captive | 1 |
| and the one who wields | 1 |
| are to lay hold | 1 |
| brandishing | 1 |
| can be caught | 1 |
| capture | 1 |
| carrying | 1 |
| caught in the act | 1 |
| has been seized | 1 |
| have been seized | 1 |
| he captured | 1 |
| he took | 1 |
| i may take hold | 1 |
| instead he arrested | 1 |
| let them be caught | 1 |
| o occupiers | 1 |
| overlaid | 1 |
| profaning | 1 |
| seize | 1 |
| seize him | 1 |
| seized him | 1 |
| she grabbed joseph | 1 |
| so his men took them | 1 |
| so i took | 1 |
| so they seized them | 1 |
| the archer | 1 |
| the experts | 1 |
| the troops | 1 |
| they took | 1 |
| to be grasped | 1 |
| to capture it | 1 |
| to capture them | 1 |
| to hold | 1 |
| took hold | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| we will take them | 1 |
| when israel took hold | 1 |
| when you have taken | 1 |
| who handle | 1 |
| who play | 1 |
| will seize | 1 |
| will surely be captured | 1 |
| you have taken | 1 |
| you shall be taken | 1 |
| you will be seized | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and took | 4 |
| took | 4 |
| take | 3 |
| and he took | 2 |
| and take | 2 |
| and they took | 2 |
| lay hold | 2 |
| that handle | 2 |
| upon him and he shall be taken | 2 |
| against her neither she be taken | 1 |
| against it to take | 1 |
| all of them handling | 1 |
| and all that handle | 1 |
| and also caught | 1 |
| and him that handleth | 1 |
| and i took | 1 |
| and it shall be when ye have taken | 1 |
| and lay hold | 1 |
| and she caught | 1 |
| and they that handle | 1 |
| are stopped | 1 |
| are surprised | 1 |
| be taken | 1 |
| between them that took | 1 |
| but shalt be taken | 1 |
| but shalt surely | 1 |
| caught | 1 |
| laid | 1 |
| let them be taken | 1 |
| of all such as handle | 1 |
| of him he was taken | 1 |
| of the taking | 1 |
| over him he was taken | 1 |
| shall take hold | 1 |
| so they took | 1 |
| surprised | 1 |
| taketh hold | 1 |
| that handleth | 1 |
| that holdest | 1 |
| that i may take | 1 |
| that it may be handled | 1 |
| that they may be taken | 1 |
| that ye have taken | 1 |
| then they took | 1 |
| they took | 1 |
| to hold | 1 |
| to take | 1 |
| unto them take | 1 |
| we shall catch | 1 |
| when they took hold | 1 |
| ye shall be taken | 1 |
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And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
Read word by wordShe grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Read word by wordby sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
Read word by wordThen divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
Read word by wordSo I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
Read word by wordWhen you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Read word by wordhis father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
Read word by wordIf a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
Read word by wordAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
Read word by wordBut they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Read word by wordHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
Read word by wordSaul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
Read word by wordAnd Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
Read word by wordNow when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
Read word by wordThen Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
Read word by word“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
Read word by wordSo the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
Read word by wordThen Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
Read word by wordAmaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
Read word by wordThere at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Read word by wordSo the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
Read word by wordIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Read word by wordThe Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
Read word by wordThere at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
Read word by wordIn pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Read word by wordsaying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Read word by wordOtherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Read word by wordand the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
Read word by wordA man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
Read word by wordIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Read word by wordThe priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
Read word by wordand as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
Read word by wordAnd you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
Read word by wordBut when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
Read word by word“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
Read word by wordAll your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
Read word by wordAs for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
Read word by wordAdvance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
Read word by wordKirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Read word by wordThe terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordCut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
Read word by wordI laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
Read word by wordAt the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
Read word by wordThe fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
Read word by wordHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Read word by wordThe Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
Read word by wordBut I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
Read word by wordso that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
Read word by wordI will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
Read word by wordWhen the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
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