Strong's G164

αἰχμάλωτος(aichmálōtos)

Language:
Greek (New Testament)

Definition

properly, a prisoner of war, i.e. (genitive case) a captive

Derivation

from (a spear) and a derivative of the same as G259 (ἅλωσις);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, αἰχμάλωτος is translated as: captive.

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.