συνήρπασαν

synarpázō

seized

To seize or snatch forcibly in association with others; to carry away jointly, especially with suddenness or violence. The primary lexical meaning involves a forcible action of taking or dragging someone or something away, typically in concert with others. In some contexts, can suggest to sweep away collectively or to take by force together with others.

G4884

Acts 6:12 · Word #13

Lexicon G4884

Lemmaσυναρπάζω
Transliterationsynarpázō
Strong'sG4884
DefinitionTo seize or snatch forcibly in association with others; to carry away jointly, especially with suddenness or violence. The primary lexical meaning involves a forcible action of taking or dragging someone or something away, typically in concert with others. In some contexts, can suggest to sweep away collectively or to take by force together with others.

Morphology V AOR ACT IND 3P PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality
Person 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they")
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phraseseized
Literalthey-seized-together

Lexical Info

Lemmaσυναρπάζω
Strong'sG4884

SIBI-P1 Translation G4884-04

they were seizing together

Morphological NotesVerb; imperfect tense, active voice, indicative mood, third person plural (Gr,V,IAA3,,P,) — ongoing past action performed by multiple agents.
Rendering RationaleThe imperfect active indicative, third person plural, denotes an ongoing past action performed by a group. "They were seizing together" preserves both the collective force of σύν- and the violent snatching sense of ἁρπάζω.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

they seized together

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleP1 'they were seizing together' is not grammatically correct here; the proper rendering for the aorist active is 'they seized together.'