Word Summary
harpagē: pillage, plundering
Original Word: ἁρπαγήTransliteration: harpagē
Phonetic Spelling: (har-pag-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: pillage, plundering
Meaning: pillage, plundering
Strong's Concordance
extortion, robbery
From harpazo; pillage (properly abstract) -- extortion, ravening, spoiling.
see GREEK harpazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 724: ἁρπαγήἁρπαγή,
ἁρπαγῆς,
ἡ (
ἁρπάζω),
rapine, pillage;
1. the act of plundering, robbery: Hebrews 10:34.
2. plunder, spoil: Matthew 23:25; Luke 11:39. (Isaiah 3:14; Nahum 2:12. In Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)