- Original: תּפשׂ - Transliteration: Taphas - Phonetic: taw-fas' - Definition: 1. to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield a. (Qal) 1. to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch 2. to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully b. (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured c. (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2538 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to manipulate that is seize; chiefly to capture wield; specifically to overlay; figuratively to use unwarrantably: - catch handle (lay take) hold (on over) stop X surely surprise take. Total KJV Occurrences: 65 • catch, 1 2 Kings 7:12 • caught, 3 Genesis 39:12; 1 Kings 11:30; Jeremiah 50:24 • handle, 5 Genesis 4:21; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 46:9(2); Ezekiel 27:29 • handled, 1 Ezekiel 21:11 • handleth, 2 Jeremiah 50:16; Amos 2:15 • handling, 1 Ezekiel 38:4 • hold, 7 Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:28; 1 Kings 13:4; Proverbs 30:28; Isaiah 3:6; Ezekiel 29:7; Ezekiel 30:21 • holdest, 1 Jeremiah 49:16 • over, 1 Habakkuk 2:19 • stopped, 1 Jeremiah 51:32 • surprised, 2 Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 51:41 • take, 9 Deuteronomy 20:19; 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 20:18(2); 2 Kings 10:14; Psalm 71:11; Proverbs 30:9; Ezekiel 14:5 • taken, 13 Numbers 5:13; Joshua 8:8; Psalm 10:2; Jeremiah 34:3(2); Jeremiah 38:23; Jeremiah 40:10; Ezekiel 12:13; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 19:4; Ezekiel 19:8; Ezekiel 21:23; Ezekiel 21:24 • taking, 1 Jeremiah 50:46 • took, 17 Numbers 31:27; Deuteronomy 9:17; Joshua 8:23; 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:14; 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 25:6; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Isaiah 36:1; Jeremiah 26:8; Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 37:14; Jeremiah 52:9