Zogreo means “take captive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2221 — zerua (“sowing”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2221 ζωγρέω (zogreo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. zogreo (dzogue-reh'-o) v. 1. to take alive (make a prisoner of war) 2. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare It has 11 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include catch and captive. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
zogreo (dzogue-reh'-o) v. 1. to take alive (make a prisoner of war) 2. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare [from a derivative of G2198 and G64] KJV: take captive, catch Root(s): G2198, G64 See also: G2226
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2221. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to capture alive
Usage: ζωγρέω, -ῶ (ζωός, alive, + ἀγρεύω) [in LXX chiefly for חָיָה hi. ;] to catch alive, take captive: metaphorically, Luk.5:10; pass., 2Ti.2:26 (on the meaning and construction, see Ellic., CGT, in l).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zogreo, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament 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.
Strong's G2221 (ζωγρέω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2221.
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.
Of these ye shall not take anything alive;
and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.
And Joshua saved alive Rahab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And David smote Moab, and measured them out with lines, having laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute.
And the children of Judah took ten thousand prisoners, and they carried them to the top of the precipice, and cast them headlong from the top of the precipice, and they were all dashed to pieces.
And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2221, grouped by book.
Zogreo (Strong's G2221) is a Greek word most simply glossed "take captive". zogreo (dzogue-reh'-o) v. 1. to take alive (make a prisoner of war) 2. (figuratively) to capture or ensnare
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G2221 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2221 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as catch and captive. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2221, with linked reader references where each row is available.