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תָּפַשׂ H8610
H8610 is the Hebrew word תָּפַשׂ, transliterated tâphas and said taw-fas'. The King James Version most often renders it took.
What it means
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 48 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.
Verses using תָּפַשׂ
The first 40 of 56 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 4:21 · KJV
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 39:12 · KJV
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Numbers 31:27 · KJV
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Deuteronomy 9:17 · KJV
And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
Deuteronomy 20:19 · KJV
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy 21:19 · KJV
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Deuteronomy 22:28 · KJV
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Joshua 8:8 · KJV
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Joshua 8:23 · KJV
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
1 Samuel 15:8 · KJV
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 23:26 · KJV
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
1 Kings 11:30 · KJV
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
1 Kings 13:4 · KJV
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
1 Kings 18:40 · KJV
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
1 Kings 20:18 · KJV
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
2 Kings 7:12 · KJV
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
2 Kings 10:14 · KJV
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
2 Kings 14:7 · KJV
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
2 Kings 14:13 · KJV
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Kings 16:9 · KJV
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
2 Kings 18:13 · KJV
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
2 Kings 25:6 · KJV
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
2 Chronicles 25:23 · KJV
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Psalm 10:2 · KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalm 71:11 · KJV
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Proverbs 30:9 · KJV
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs 30:28 · KJV
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
Isaiah 3:6 · KJV
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Jeremiah 2:8 · KJV
The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah 26:8 · KJV
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jeremiah 34:3 · KJV
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
Jeremiah 37:13 · KJV
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 37:14 · KJV
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Jeremiah 38:23 · KJV
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jeremiah 46:9 · KJV
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Jeremiah 48:41 · KJV
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah 49:16 · KJV
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:16 · KJV
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah 50:24 · KJV
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:46 · KJV
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8610 mean?
H8610 is the Hebrew word תָּפַשׂ (tâphas), meaning to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.
How is H8610 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it took (15 times), taken (8 times), take (8 times), handle (4 times), lay hold (3 times), among others.
How many times does H8610 appear in the Bible?
תָּפַשׂ (tâphas) is tagged in 56 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8610 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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