noun · feminine

halōsias

Greekἅλωσις (halōsis)

Strong’sG259

capture, capturing

stem halōsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

caught1×

What it means

ἅλωσις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Je 50:46 (תּפשׂ ni.)*;]

a taking, capture: II Pe 2:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G259 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhal'-o-sis

capture, be taken.

Fromfrom a collateral form of G138;

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	halōsias	halōsiais
object accusative	halōsian1×ἅλωσιν	halōsiain
direct address vocative	halōsiar	halōsiair
of, belonging to genitive	halōsiau	halōsiaiu
to, for dative	halōsia	halōsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

halōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

halōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

halōsian“caught”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 2:12“caught”houtois de, hōs alogeim zōeim gennirēteim fusikeim eis halōsian kai fthoran, en hei agnoalō blasfēmarōtois, en ta fthora autoiu kai ftheirili,These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.