Lexical Summary aichmalōtizō: to take or lead captive Original Word: αἰχμαλωτίζωTransliteration: aichmalōtizō Phonetic Spelling: (aheekh-mal-o-tid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to take or lead captive Meaning: to take or lead captive Strong's Concordance lead away captive, bring into captivity. From aichmalotos; to make captive -- lead away captive, bring into captivity. see GREEK aichmalotos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 163: αἰχμαλωτίζωαἰχμαλωτίζω; 1 future passive αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι; a. equivalent to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier Greeks use. b. to lead away captive: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luke 21:24 (1 Macc. 10:33; Tobit 1:10). c. figuratively, to subjugate, bring under control: 2 Corinthians 10:5 (on which passage see νόημα, 2); τινα τίνι, Romans 7:23 (yet T Tr א etc. insert ἐν before the dative); to take captive one's mind, captivate: γυναικάρια, 2 Timothy 3:6 (not Rec.) (Judith 16:9 τό κάλλος αὐτῆς ᾐχμαλώτισε ψυχήν αὐτοῦ). The word is used also in the Sept., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Arrian, Heliodorus; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 442; (Winer's Grammar, 91 (87); Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited). |
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