Word study · Greek

harpázō

to snatch, to seize, to catch up

Say it: har-PAD-zo (approximate)

ἁρπάζω

What it means

To snatch up. "We will be caught up together with them in the clouds" (4:17).

Range of meaning

  • Snatch awaySeize suddenly.
  • Catch upTake up to another place.

In 1 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 4

    "Will be caught up together with them" (4:17).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0726 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources