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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #259 - ἅλωσις
Transliteration
hálōsis
Phonetics
hal'-o-sis
Origin
from a collateral form of (G138)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- a catching, capture, to be taken
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

KJV (1)
2 Peter
1
NAS (1)
2 Peter
1
HCS (1)
2 Peter
1
BSB (1)
2 Peter
1
ESV (1)
2 Peter
1
WEB (1)
2 Peter
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
ἅλ-ωσις, εως,
Ion. ιος, ἡ, capture, Pi. O. 10(11).42, Hdt. 1.5, 3.156, A. Ag. 589, etc.; δαΐων ἅ.
1. conquest by enemy, Id. Th. 119: means of conquest, S. Ph. 61.
2. taking, catching of birds and fish, Arist. HA 593a20, 600a3 (pl.); ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, Plu. Numbers 15:1-41.
II law-term, conviction, Pl. Lg. 920a, D.C. Fr. 97.3.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ἅλωσις, (εως, ἡ (ἁλόω, ἁλίσκομαι, to be caught), a catching, capture: 2 Peter 2:12 εἰς ἅλωσιν to be taken, (some would here take the word actively: to take). (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
ἅλωσις , -εως , ἡ
(< ἁλίσκομαι ),
[in LXX: Jeremiah 50:46 (H8610 ni.)*;]
a taking, capture: 2 Peter 2:12.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
αλώσεως αλωσιν άλωσιν ἅλωσιν alosin alōsin halosin halōsin hálosin hálōsin
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Old / New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
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Old / New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
Copyright 1999-2023. All Rights Reserved, Jeff Garrison, Gdansk, Poland.