Quick Definition
to snatch
Strong's Definition
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
TWOT Reference: 1531
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be snatched away
1a2) to sweep or snatch away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be swept away, be destroyed
1b2) to be caught up, be captured
1c) (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be snatched away
1a2) to sweep or snatch away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be swept away, be destroyed
1b2) to be caught up, be captured
1c) (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָפָה
sâphâh
BDB Definition:
1) to sweep or snatch away, catch up, destroy, consume
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be snatched away
1a2) to sweep or snatch away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be swept away, be destroyed
1b2) to be caught up, be captured
1c) (Hiphil) to catch up, gather
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1531
Total KJV Occurrences: 20