G259: ἅλωσις
hálōsis · “capture”
Definition
capture, be taken.
Word origin: from a collateral form of G138 (αἱρέομαι);
Extended definition
ἅλωσις, -εως, ἡ
(ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Jer.50:46 (תָּפַשׂ ni.)* ;]
a taking, capture: 2Pe.2:12.†
(AS)
(ἁλίσκομαι), [in LXX: Jer.50:46 (תָּפַשׂ ni.)* ;]
a taking, capture: 2Pe.2:12.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G259 is translated
- capture ×1
Bible verses with G259 (hálōsis)
Hálōsis appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Peter 2:12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;