Lexical Summary aichmalōtos: captive Original Word: αἰχμάλωτοςTransliteration: aichmalōtos Phonetic Spelling: (aheekh-mal-o-tos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: captive Meaning: captive Strong's Concordance captive. From aichme (a spear) and a derivative of the same as halosis; properly, a prisoner of war, i.e. (genitive case) a captive -- captive. see GREEK halosis Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 164: αἰχμάλωτοςαἰχμάλωτος, (from αἰχμή, a spear and ἁλωτός, verbal adjective from ἁλῶναι, properly, taken by the spear) (from Aeschylus down), captive: Luke 4:18 (19). |