# תָּפַשׂ (tafas)

Israeli respelling: ta-fas. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8610. 60 Old Testament occurrences.

to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably

King James renderings: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tafas-h8610

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/21) — And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- [Genesis 39:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/39/12) — 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 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/13) — And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness…
- [Numbers 31:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/27) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/9/17) — And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
- [Deuteronomy 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/19) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 21:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/19) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/28) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/8) — 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…
- [Joshua 8:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/23) — And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
- [1 Samuel 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/8) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/26) — 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 o…
- [1 Kings 11:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/30) — And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
- [1 Kings 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/13/4) — 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…
- [1 Kings 18:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/40) — 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 b…
- [1 Kings 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/18) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/12) — 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 hun…
- [2 Kings 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/14) — 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 lef…
- [2 Kings 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/7) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/13) — 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 br…
- [2 Kings 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/16/9) — 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 cap…
- [2 Kings 18:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/13) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/6) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/23) — 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 Jerusale…
- [Psalms 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/2) — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- [Psalms 71:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/11) — Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- [Proverbs 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/9) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/28) — The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
- [Isaiah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/6) — 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 u…
- [Isaiah 36:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/1) — Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Ju…
- [Jeremiah 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/8) — 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 prophe…
- [Jeremiah 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/8) — 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 p…
- [Jeremiah 34:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/34/3) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 37:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/37/13) — 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;…
- [Jeremiah 37:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/37/14) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 38:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/23) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 40:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/40/10) — As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and…
- [Jeremiah 46:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/9) — 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 t…
- [Jeremiah 48:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/41) — 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 h…
- [Jeremiah 49:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/16) — 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…
- [Jeremiah 50:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/16) — 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 e…
- [Jeremiah 50:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/24) — 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 ha…
- [Jeremiah 50:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/46) — At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
- [Jeremiah 51:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/32) — And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
- [Jeremiah 51:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/41) — How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
- [Jeremiah 52:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/9) — Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
- [Ezekiel 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/12/13) — My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet sh…
- [Ezekiel 14:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/5) — That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
- [Ezekiel 17:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/20) — And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for hi…
- [Ezekiel 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/4) — The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
- [Ezekiel 19:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/8) — Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
- [Ezekiel 21:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/11) — And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the…
- [Ezekiel 21:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/23) — And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity…
- [Ezekiel 21:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/24) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that…
- [Ezekiel 27:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/29) — And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;
- [Ezekiel 29:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/29/7) — When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and m…
- [Ezekiel 30:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/30/21) — Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to…
- [Ezekiel 38:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/4) — And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them c…
- [Amos 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/2/15) — Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the hors…
- [Habakkuk 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/19) — Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and the…