What does ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ): Violent seizure of another's property; the abstract act of plundering rather than the plundered object itself.
Greek · G724
ἁρπαγή
Pillage (properly abstract)
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ἁρπαγή G724
Pronunciation harpagḗ
What does ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ): Violent seizure of another's property; the abstract act of plundering rather than the plundered object itself.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G724?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include confiscation (1), greed (1), of greed (1).
Where does ἁρπαγή (harpagḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It confiscation 1× Hebrews 10:34
greed 1× Matthew 23:25
of greed 1× Luke 11:39
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:25
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἁρπαγῆς 2x harpagēs Matthew 23:25, Luke 11:39
ἁρπαγὴν 1x harpagēn Hebrews 10:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 23:25, Luke 11:39
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 10:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Violent seizure of another's property; the abstract act of plundering rather than the plundered object itself.
Strong's G724
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
pillage (properly abstract)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:25 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἁρπαγῆς arpaghv
the act of plundering, plunder, spoil
Read verse Luke 11:39 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἁρπαγῆς arpaghv
the act of plundering, plunder, spoil
Read verse Hebrews 10:34 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἁρπαγὴν arpaghn
the act of plundering, plunder, spoil
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:25 · Luke 11:39 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 10:34 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 11:37–44 ἁρπαγῆς harpagḗ
Plunder, greed
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Word Origins
ἁρπαγή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain