adjective
harpagos
Strong’sG727
rapacious, ravenous, a robber, an extortioner
stem harpag-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἅρπαξ, -αγος, ὁ, ἡ
(< ἁρπάζω), [in LXX: Ge 49:27 (טרף)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G727 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhar'-pax
rapacious
Fromfrom G726;
King Jamesextortion, ravening.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἁρπάζω) robbing, rapacious, Refs 5th c.BC+: also with substantive neuter, ἅρπαγι χείλειRefs: superlative ἁρπαγίστατοςRefs 5th c.BC+
II mostly as substantive,
II.1 ἅρπαξ, ἡ, rapine, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 ἅρπαξ, ὁ, robber, peculator, τῶν δημοσίωνRefs 5th c.BC+; πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες (i.e. οἱ Ὠρώπιοι) Refs
II.3 species of wolf, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.4 grappling-iron, used in sea-fights, Refs 4th c.BC+; flesh-hook, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | harpagos1×ἅρπαξ | harpagas | harpagem | harpagois3×ἅρπαγες | harpagais | harpageim |
| object accusative | harpagon | harpagan | harpagoin | harpagain | ||
| direct address vocative | harpagor | harpagar | harpagoir | harpagair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | harpagou | harpagau | harpageu | harpagoiu | harpagaiu | harpageiu |
| to, for dative | harpago | harpaga | harpage | harpagoi1×ἅρπαξιν | harpagai | harpagei |
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
harpag 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
harpagos“swindler”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 5:11… eidōlolatros ē loidoros ē methusos ē harpagos, to toiouto mēde sunesthiarō.… verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not …
harpagois“swindlers”subjectnominative plural3×
Matthew 7:15… endumei probateiu esōthen de alō lukois harpagois.… sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Luke 18:11… amō hōsper tois loipois toiu anthrōpoiu, harpagois, adikois, moichois, ē kai hōs houtos …… I am not like other men — swindlers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this …
1 Corinthians 6:10… pleonektois, ouk methusois, ouk loidorois, ouk harpagois basileian theou klēronomali.… nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
harpagoi“swindlers”to, fordative plural1×
1 Corinthians 5:10… kosmou houtou ē toi pleonektoi kai harpagoi ē eidōlolatroi, epei ofeilave ara ek …… this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you …