STRONGS G725:
ἁρπαγμός, -οῦ, ὁ, (ἁρπάζω);
1. the act of seizing, robbery, (so Plutarch, de lib. educ. c. 15 (others 14, 37), vol. 2:12 a., the only instance of its use noted in secular authors).
2. a thing seized or to be seized, booty: ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγεῖσθαί τι to deem anything a prize — a thing to be seized upon or to be held fast, retained, Philippians 2:6; on the meaning of this passage see μορφή; (ἡγεῖσθαι or ποιεῖσθαί τι ἅρπαγμα, Eusebius, h. e. 8, 12, 2; vit. Const. 2, 31; [Commentaries in Luc. vi., cf. Mai, Nov. Biblical Patr. iv., p. 165]; Heliodorus 7, 11 and 20; 8, 7; [Plutarch, de Alex. virt. 1, 8, p. 330d.]; ut omnium bona praedam tuam duceres, Cicero, Verr. 2:5, 15, 39; [see Bp. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 133f (cf. p. 111); Wetstein at the passage; Cremer, 4te Aufl., p. 153f] Wetzel in Stud. u. Krit. for 1887, pp. 535-552.).
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