Word Summary
harpax: rapacious
Original Word: ἅρπαξTransliteration: harpax
Phonetic Spelling: (har'-pax)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: rapacious
Meaning: rapacious
Strong's Concordance
ravenous
From harpazo; rapacious -- extortion, ravening.
see GREEK harpazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 727: ἅρπαξἅρπαξ,
ἁρπαγος,
ὁ, adjective,
rapacious, ravenous:
Matthew 7:15;
Luke 18:11; as a substantive,
a robber, an extortioner:
1 Corinthians 5:10;
1 Corinthians 6:10. (In both uses from (
Aristophanes),
Xenophon down.)