תָּפַשׂ (tāpaś) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning lay hold of. It appears
65 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8610).
Also rendered
to capture
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2538)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2538)lay hold of, wield; seize, grasp, use skilfully; be seized, arrested, caught; manipulate, capture, overlay, use unwarrantably; catch, handle, hold, stop, surprise, take
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תָּפַשׂverb: lay hold of, wield
Qal
1.lay hold of, seize
2.grasp in order to wield, wield, use skilfully
Niphalbe seized, arrested, caught
Strong's H8610תָּפַשׂ: to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably KJV:catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, × surely, surprise, take.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.