Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἅλωσις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration
halōsis
Simplified transliteration
halosis

Numbers

Strong's number
259
GK Number
274

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3e(5b)
Gloss
capture, catch
Definition
a taking, catching, capture, 2 Pet. 2:12*

Greek-English Concordance for ἅλωσις

2 Peter 2:12 But these people, like irrational animals, born creatures of instinct to be captured (halōsin | ἅλωσιν | acc sg fem) and destroyed, are ignorant of those whom they slander, and in their destruction will themselves also be destroyed,

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