Definition
a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
Traditional renderings: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.
Traditional renderings: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders תָּפַשׂ:
- συλλαμβάνωsullambanō“to seize/conceive/help”56%
- ἐπιλαμβάνωepilambanō“to catch”12%
- καταλαμβάνωkatalambanō“to grasp”4%
- κρατέωkrateō“to grasp/seize”4%
- λαμβάνωlambanō“to take”4%
- ἀναβαίνωanabainō“to ascend”4%
- μένωmenō“to stay”4%
- ἅλωσιςhalōsis“capture”4%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
65 total
- Genesis 4:21תֹּפֵ֥שׂ · who playAnd his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- Genesis 39:12וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ · She grabbed [Joseph]She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
- Numbers 5:13נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃ · caught in the act…by 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),
- Numbers 31:27תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י · the troopsThen divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
- Deuteronomy 9:17וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙ · So I tookSo I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 20:19לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּ · to capture itWhen 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?
- Deuteronomy 21:19וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ · are to lay hold…his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
- Deuteronomy 22:28וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ · and he seizes herIf a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
- Joshua 8:8כְּתָפְשְׂכֶ֣ם · when you have takenAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
- Joshua 8:23תָּ֣פְשׂוּ · they tookBut they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
- 1 Samuel 15:8וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ · He capturedHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- 1 Samuel 23:26לְתָפְשָֽׂם׃ · to capture themSaul 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.
- 1 Kings 11:30וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂ · took holdAnd Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
- 1 Kings 13:4תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּ · Seize himNow 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.
- 1 Kings 18:40תִּפְשׂ֣וּ׀ · Seize; וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם · So they seized themThen 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.
- 1 Kings 20:18תִּפְשׂ֣וּם · take them; תִּפְשֽׂוּם׃ · take them“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- 2 Kings 7:12וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣ם · we will take themSo 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.’”
- 2 Kings 10:14תִּפְשׂ֣וּם · Take them; וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּם · So [his men] took themThen 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.
- 2 Kings 14:7וְתָפַ֥שׂ · He tookAmaziah 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.
- 2 Kings 14:13תָּפַ֛שׂ · capturedThere 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.
- 2 Kings 16:9וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָ · and captured itSo 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.
- 2 Kings 18:13וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ · and capturedIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:6וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ · The Chaldeans seizedThe Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23תָּפַ֛שׂ · capturedThere 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.
- Psalm 10:2יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ׀ · let them be caughtIn pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalm 71:11וְ֝תִפְשׂ֗וּהוּ · and seize him…saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
- Proverbs 30:9וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי · profaningOtherwise, 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.
- Proverbs 30:28תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂ · can be caught…and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
- Isaiah 3:6יִתְפֹּ֨שׂ · will seizeA 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.”
- Isaiah 36:1וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ · and capturedIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 2:8וְתֹפְשֵׂ֤י · The expertsThe 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.
- Jeremiah 26:8וַיִּתְפְּשׂ֨וּ · seized him…and 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!
- Jeremiah 34:3תָּפֹ֣שׂ · will surely be captured; תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂAnd 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.
- Jeremiah 37:13וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂ · seizedBut 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!”
- Jeremiah 37:14וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ · instead, he arrested“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.
- Jeremiah 38:23תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂ · you will be seizedAll 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.”
- Jeremiah 40:10תְּפַשְׂתֶּֽם׃ · you have takenAs 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.”
- Jeremiah 46:9תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י · carrying; תֹּפְשֵׂ֖יAdvance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Jeremiah 48:41נִתְפָּ֑שָׂה · seizedKirioth 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.
- Jeremiah 49:16תֹּפְשִׂ֖י · O occupiersThe 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.
- Jeremiah 50:16וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ · and the one who wieldsCut 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.
- Jeremiah 50:24נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּ · and capturedI 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.
- Jeremiah 50:46נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה · captureAt the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
- Jeremiah 51:32נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּ · have been seizedThe fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
- Jeremiah 51:41וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂ · has been seizedHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!