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Strong's G162 αἰχμαλωτεύω (aichmaloteuo)

Aichmaloteuo means “lead captive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H162 — ahahh (“ah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G162
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 21

Strong's G162 Quick Answer

Strong's G162 αἰχμαλωτεύω (aichmaloteuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aichmaloteuo (aikh-mal-o-tew'-o) v. 1. to capture {like G163} It has 36 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include captive and lead. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
aichmaloteuo (aikh-mal-o-tew'-o) v. 1. to capture {like G163}
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
captive and lead

Meaning and Definition

aichmaloteuo (aikh-mal-o-tew'-o) v. 1. to capture {like G163} [from G164] KJV: lead captive Root(s): G164 Compare: G163

Original Word
αἰχμαλωτεύω
Transliteration
aichmaloteuo
Derivation
Root: αἰχμαλωτός R1: 164
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G162. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to take captive

Usage: αἰχμαλωτεύω (αἰχμάλωτος), [in LXX chiefly for שׁבה ;] = αἰχμαλωτίζω, which see, to lead captive: Eph.4:8 (LXX).† (AS)

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How Strong's G162 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aichmaloteuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G162 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G162 (αἰχμαλωτεύω) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G162 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G162 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Ephesians 4:8 KJV

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

2 Timothy 3:6 KJV

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Strong's G162 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

Genesis 34:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

Numbers 24:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place, The Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.

Strong's G162 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 6:15 Septuagint / Brenton

But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of the Chaldees;

Judith 5:18 Septuagint / Brenton

But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not theirs, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.

1 Maccabees 9:72 Septuagint / Brenton

When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea, he returned and went his way into his own land, neither came he anymore into their borders.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G162.

Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.
Genesis 34:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.
Numbers 24:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place, The Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.
1 Kingdoms 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.
1 Kingdoms 30:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were carried captive.
1 Kingdoms 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And both the wives of David were carried captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3 Kingdoms 8:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:
4 Kingdoms 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
4 Kingdoms 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Thou shalt not smite them, unless thou wouldest smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow: set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink, and depart to their master.
1 Chronicles 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
2 Chronicles 6:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas if they shall sin against thee (for there is no man who will not sin), and thou shalt smite them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near;
2 Chronicles 6:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and if they shall turn to thee with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which thou gavest to their fathers, and the city which thou didst choose, and the house which I built to thy name—
2 Chronicles 28:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and he smote him, and took captive of them a great band of prisoners, and carried him to Damascus. Also God delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord is upon you.
Esther 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
Job 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the spoilers came and took them for a prey, And slew the servants with the sword; And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.
Job 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, The horsemen formed three companies against us, And surrounded the camels, and took them for a prey, And slew the servants with the sword; And I only escaped, and am come to tell thee.
Psalms 67:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts for man, Yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.
Psalms 136:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; And they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Isaiah 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaids: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule.
Isaiah 49:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will anyone take spoils from a giant? and if one should take a man captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?
Isaiah 49:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes them from a mighty man shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children.
Jeremiah 27:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Judah have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.
Ezekiel 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then they of you that escape among the nations whither they were carried captive shall remember me (I have sworn an oath against their heart that goes a-whoring from me, and their eyes that go a-whoring after their practices); and they shall mourn over themselves for all their abominations.
Ezekiel 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou therefore, son of man, prepare thyself baggage for going into captivity by day in their sight; and thou shalt be led into captivity from thy place into another place in their sight; that they may see that it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 39:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the nations shall know that the house of Israel were led captive because of their sins, because they rebelled against me, and I turned away my face from them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
Amos 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of Aven, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Haran: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.
Amos 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut them up into Edom.
Amos 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But seek not Bethel, and go not in to Gilgal, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
Obadiah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the day that thou stoodest in opposition to him, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.
Micah 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shave thy hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for thy people are gone into captivity from thee.
Ephesians 4:8 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
2 Timothy 3:6 New Testament, KJV
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
1 Esdras 6:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of the Chaldees;
Judith 5:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not theirs, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
1 Maccabees 9:72 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea, he returned and went his way into his own land, neither came he anymore into their borders.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G162, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G162 FAQ

What does aichmaloteuo (αἰχμαλωτεύω) mean?

Aichmaloteuo (Strong's G162) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lead captive". aichmaloteuo (aikh-mal-o-tew'-o) v. 1. to capture {like G163}

How many times is aichmaloteuo (αἰχμαλωτεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G162 across 21 books.

Where can I study aichmaloteuo (αἰχμαλωτεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G162 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate aichmaloteuo (αἰχμαλωτεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as captive and lead. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G162 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G162, with linked reader references where each row is available.