STRONGS G259:
ἅλωσις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἁλόω,
ἁλίσκομαι, to be caught),
a catching, capture:
2 Peter 2:12 εἰς ἅλωσιν to be taken, [some would here take the word actively:
to take]. (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)
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