Word Summary
halōsis: a taking, capture
Original Word: ἅλωσιςTransliteration: halōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (hal'-o-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a taking, capture
Meaning: a taking, capture
Strong's Concordance
capture, be taken.
From a collateral form of haireomai; capture, be taken.
see GREEK haireomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 259: ἅλωσιςἅλωσις,
(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.)