Quick Definition
a captive, prisoner
Strong's Definition
properly, a prisoner of war, i.e. (genitive case) a captive
Derivation: from (a spear) and a derivative of the same as G259 (ἅλωσις);
KJV Usage: captive
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰχμάλωτος, (from αἰχμή, a spear and ἁλωτός, verbal adjective from ἁλῶναι, properly, taken by the spear) (from Aeschylus down), captive: Luk_4:18 (19).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἰχμάλωτος aichmalōtos 1x
a captive, Luk_4:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἱχμάλωτος , -ον
( < αἰχμή , a spear , ἁλίσκομαι , to be taken ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7617 , H1473 ;]
captive: Luk_4:18 ( LXX ) .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰχμάλωτος [page 16]
The word is found in P Lille I. 3 .66 (after B.C. 241 0) αἰχμαλώτοις εἰς τὴν γινομένην συ̣[νταξιν ?] In their note the editors think that the reference is to certain prisoners brought from Asia by Philadelphus (cf. P Petr II. 29 ( b ) .2 to some of whom a regular allowance or grant (σύνταξις ) may have been made. Dittenberger s indices show seven inscriptions in Syll and one in OGIS containing the word, all in the Hellenistic period. For the subst. see Michel 965 .6 (beginning ii/B.C.) ἔ ]σωισεν ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
αἰχμάλωτος "taken by the spear, captive to one's spear, taken prisoner", Hdt. , etc.; αἰχμάλωτον λαμβάνειν, ἄγειν to take "prisoner", Xen. ; αἰχμ. γίγνεσθαι to be taken, id=Xen. ; τὰ αἰχμάλωτα "booty", id=Xen. = αἰχμαλωτικός, δουλοσύνη αἰχμ. "such as awaits a captive", Hdt. , Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αἰχμάλωτος, -ον
(αἰχμή, a spear, ἁλίσκομαι, to be taken), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבָה, גּוֹלָה ;]
captive: Luk.4:18 (LXX).†
(AS)