King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2414
Transliteration: chataph
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-taf')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catch, seize
Meaning: to clutch, to seize as a, prisoner
Word Summary
chataph: to catch, seize
Original Word: חָטַףTransliteration: chataph
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-taf')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to catch, seize
Meaning: to clutch, to seize as a, prisoner
Strong's Concordance
catch A primitive root; to clutch; hence, to seize as a prisoner -- catch.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2414. chataph
חָטַף verb catch, seize (Arabic ; compare Assyrian ta—‰îpu, oppression, DlPr 181; Late Hebrew חָטַף, Aramaic seize, חֲטַף do hurriedly) —
Qal Perfect וַחֲטַפְתֶּם consecutive Judges 21:21 literally, seize wives; Imperfect עָנִי יַחֲטֹף Psalm 10:9; Infinitive עָנִי לַחֲטוֺף 10:9 both figurative of oppressor catching the distressed; all followed by accusative