G163
G163 — αἰχμαλωτίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
aichmalotizo (aikh-mal-o-tid'-zo) v.
1. to make captive
[from G164]
KJV: lead away captive, bring into captivity
Root(s): G164
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
lead away captive, bring into captivity
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰχμαλωτίζω; 1 future passive αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι;
a. equivalent to αἰχμάλωτον ποιῶ, which the earlier Greeks use.
b. to lead away captive: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk 21:24 (1Ma 10:33; Tob 1:10).
c. figuratively, to subjugate, bring under control: 2Co 10:5 (on which passage see νόημα, 2); τινα τίνι, Rom 7:23 (yet T Tr à etc. insert ἐν before the dative); to take captive one’s mind, captivate: γυναικάρια, 2Ti 3:6 (not Rec.) (Jdt 16:9 τό κάλλος αὐτῆς ᾐχμαλώτισε ψυχήν αὐτοῦ). The word is used also in the Sept., Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Arrian, Heliodorus; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 442; (Winer’s Grammar, 91 (87); Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
αἰχμαλωτίζω (lead away captive)
Luke 21:24
- KJV: And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled
- GK: και πεσούνται στόματι μαχαίρας και αιχμαλωτισθήσονται εις πάντα τα έθνη και Ιερουσαλήμ έσται πατουμένη υπό εθνών άχρι πληρωθώσι καιροί εθνών
Romans 7:23
- KJV: But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members
- GK: βλέπω δε έτερον νόμον εν τοις μέλεσί μου αντιστρατευόμενον τω νόμω του νοός μου και αιχμαλωτίζοντά με τω νόμω της αμαρτίας τω όντι εν τοις μέλεσί μου
2 Corinthians 10:5
- KJV: Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ
- GK: λογισμούς καθαιρούντες και παν ύψωμα επαιρόμενον κατά της γνώσεως του θεού και αιχμαλωτίζοντες παν νόημα εις την υπακοήν του χριστού