G163: αἰχμαλωτίζω (aichmalōtízō)

G163 αἰχμαλωτίζω (aichmalōtízō)

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Quick Definition

αἰχμαλωτίζω v. I take captive, subdue, ensnare

Strong's Definition

from 164; to make captive

KJV Usage: lead away captive, bring into captivity

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

αἰχμαλωτίζω (G0163)

verb | αἰχμή + ἅλωσις

55.24 · Military Activities · Prisoners of War

to make captive, to take captive, to capture someone in war to cause someone to become a prisoner of war

LUK 21:24

37.29 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain

to get control of (a figurative extension of meaning of αἰχμαλωτίζω[a] ‘to take captive in war,’ 55.24) to gain complete control over, either by force or deception

ROM 7:23 · 2CO 10:5 · 2TI 3:6

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

αἰχμαλωτίζω; 1 fut. pass. αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι; a. equiy. to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier Greeks use. b. to lead away captive: foll. by eis with ace. of place, Lk. xxi. 24, (1 Mace. x. 33; Tob.i. 10). ο. fig. to subJugate, bring under control: 2 Co. x. 5 (on which passage see νόημα, 2); τινά τινι, Ro. vii. 23 [yet T Tr δὲ ete. insert ἐν before the dat.]; to take captive one’s mind, captivate: γυναικάρια, 2 Tim. iii. 6 [not Rec.], (Judith xvi. 9 τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς ἠχμαλώτισε ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ). The word is used also in the Sept., Diod., Joseph., Plut., Arr., Heliod.; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 442; [W. 91 (87); Ellic. on 2 Tim. 1. ¢.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

αἰχμαλωτίζω aichmalōtizō 4x

to lead captive; by impl. to subject, Lk. 21:24; Rom. 7:23; 2 Cor. 10:5; 2 Tim. 3:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† αἰχμαλωτίζω

(< αἰχμάλωτος), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבה;] in late writers = cl. αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ (ἄγω),

to take or lead captive: seq. εἰς, Lk 21:24 (cf. To 1:10); metaph., Ro 7:23, II Co 10:5, II Ti 3:6.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

αἰχμαλωτίζω. Syll 3487 10. (Cyzicus, i/B.c.) ὃν αἰχμα]λωτισθέντα ἐκ “Λιβύης... [ὅ]τι ἠχμαλώτισται Μᾶρκος. Phrynichus (ed. Lobeck, p. 442) characterizes the verb as ἀδόκιμον (7. ε. good vernacular !).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

αἰχμαλωτίζω (aichmalōtizō) — to capture. αἰχμᾰλ-ωτίζω, take prisoner, [LXX+1st c.BC+]:—more frequently in middle, αἰχμαλωτίζομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]: future -ίσομαι[Refs]: aorist ᾐχμαλωτισάμην[Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect ᾐχμαλώτισμαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]; also in passive sense, [Refs]