Quick Definition
ἅλωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. capture, capturing
Strong's Definition
from a collateral form of 138; capture, be taken.
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἁλῶναι (be caught, captured) · αἰχμαλωσία · αἰχμαλωτεύω · αἰχμαλωτίζω · αἰχμάλωτος · καταναλίσκω · συναιχμάλωτος
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἅλωσις, -ews, ἡ, (ἁλόω, ἁλίσκομαι to be caught), a catching, capture: 2 Pet. ii. 12 εἰς ἅλωσιν to be taken, [some would here take the word actively: to take]. (Fr. Pind. and Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἅλωσις halōsis 1x
a taking, catching, capture, 2 Pet. 2:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἅλωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Je 50:46 (תּפשׂ ni.)*;]
a taking, capture: II Pe 2:12.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἅλωσις (halōsis) — capture. ἅλ-ωσις, εως, Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, capture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαΐων ἅ. conquest by enemy, [Refs]: means of conquest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. taking, catching of birds and fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. law-term, conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]