◄ 727. harpax ►
Lexicon
harpax: Rapacious, ravenous, extortioner, robber

Original Word: ἅρπαξ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: harpax
Pronunciation: HAR-pax
Phonetic Spelling: (har'-pax)
KJV: extortion, ravening
NASB: swindlers, ravenous, swindler
Word Origin: [from G726 (ἁρπάζω - caught)]

1. rapacious

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ravenous

From harpazo; rapacious -- extortion, ravening.

see GREEK harpazo

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 727 hárpaks – properly, seizing; a sudden snatching (like in a robbery). See 726 (harpazō).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from harpazó
Definition
rapacious
NASB Translation
ravenous (1), swindler (1), swindlers (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 727: ἅρπαξ

ἅρπαξ, 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.)

Forms and Transliterations
αρπαγες άρπαγες ἅρπαγες αρπαξ άρπαξ ἅρπαξ αρπαξιν άρπαξιν ἅρπαξιν arpages arpax arpaxin harpages hárpages harpax hárpax harpaxin hárpaxin
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 7:15 Adj-NMP
GRK: εἰσιν λύκοι ἅρπαγες
NAS: but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
KJV: inwardly they are ravening wolves.
INT: they are wolves ravenous

Luke 18:11 Adj-NMP
GRK: τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἄδικοι μοιχοί
NAS: other people: swindlers, unjust,
KJV: men [are], extortioners, unjust,
INT: of the men swindlers unrighteous adulterers

1 Corinthians 5:10 Adj-DMP
GRK: πλεονέκταις καὶ ἅρπαξιν ἢ εἰδωλολάτραις
NAS: with the covetous and swindlers, or
KJV: or extortioners, or
INT: covetous and swindlers or idolaters

1 Corinthians 5:11 Adj-NMS
GRK: μέθυσος ἢ ἅρπαξ τῷ τοιούτῳ
NAS: or a swindler-- not even
KJV: or an extortioner; with such an one
INT: a drunkard or swindler with such a one

1 Corinthians 6:10 Adj-NMP
GRK: λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ
NAS: nor swindlers, will inherit
KJV: nor extortioners, shall inherit
INT: slanderers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God

Strong's Greek 727
5 Occurrences


ἅρπαγες — 3 Occ.
ἅρπαξ — 1 Occ.
ἅρπαξιν — 1 Occ.

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