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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H8610 — תָּפַשׂ
ta.pha.s · to capture · Hebrew/Aramaic
48 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 4:21 · תֹּפֵ֥שׂAnd his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.Genesis 39:12 · וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּShe grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.Numbers 5:13 · נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃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 31:27 · תֹּפְשֵׂ֣יThen divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.Deuteronomy 9:17 · וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.Deuteronomy 20:19 · לְתָפְשָׂ֗הּWhen 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 21:19 · וְתָ֥פְשׂוּhis 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 22:28 · וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּIf a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,Joshua 8:8 · כְּתָפְשְׂכֶ֣םAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”Joshua 8:23 · תָּ֣פְשׂוּBut they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.1 Samuel 15:8 · וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.1 Samuel 23:26 · לְתָפְשָֽׂם׃Saul 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 11:30 · וַיִּתְפֹּ֣שׂAnd Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,1 Kings 13:4 · תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּNow 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 18:40 · תִּפְשׂ֣וּ׀ · וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּםThen 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 20:18 · תִּפְשׂ֣וּם · תִּפְשֽׂוּם׃“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 7:12 · וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣םSo 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 10:14 · תִּפְשׂ֣וּם · וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּםThen 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 14:7 · וְתָפַ֥שׂAmaziah 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 14:13 · תָּפַ֛שׂThere 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 16:9 · וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָSo 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 18:13 · וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.2 Kings 25:6 · וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.2 Chronicles 25:23 · תָּפַ֛שׂThere 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 10:2 · יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ׀In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.Psalm 71:11 · וְ֝תִפְשׂ֗וּהוּsaying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”Proverbs 30:9 · וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּיOtherwise, 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 30:28 · תְּתַפֵּ֑שׂand the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.Isaiah 3:6 · יִתְפֹּ֨שׂA 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 36:1 · וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.Jeremiah 2:8 · וְתֹפְשֵׂ֤יThe 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 26:8 · וַיִּתְפְּשׂ֨וּand 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 34:3 · תָּפֹ֣שׂ · 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 37:13 · וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂBut 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 37:14 · וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ“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 38:23 · תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂAll 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 40:10 · תְּפַשְׂתֶּֽם׃As 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 46:9 · תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י · 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 48:41 · נִתְפָּ֑שָׂהKirioth 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 49:16 · תֹּפְשִׂ֖יThe 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 50:16 · וְתֹפֵ֥שׂCut 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 50:24 · נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּI 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 50:46 · נִתְפְּשָׂ֣הAt the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.Jeremiah 51:32 · נִתְפָּ֔שׂוּThe fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”Jeremiah 51:41 · וַתִּתָּפֵ֖שׂHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!Jeremiah 52:9 · וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙The 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.Amos 2:15 · וְתֹפֵ֤שׂThe archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.Habakkuk 2:19 · תָּפוּשׂ֙Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”