Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
to seize (in various applications)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to seize, as a wild beast, Jn. 10:12; take away by force, snatch away, Mt. 13:19; Jn. 10:28, 29; Acts 23:10; Jude 23; met. to seize on with avidity, eagerly, appropriate, Mt. 11:12; to convey away suddenly, transport hastily, Jn. 6:15
Translated in KJV as
catch (away, up)pluckpulltake (by force)
Etymology
from a derivative of G138 (αἱρέομαι);
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