# G162 αἰχμαλωτεύω

αἰχμαλωτεύω (aichmalōteúō), Strong’s G162: to capture (like G163 (αἰχμαλωτίζω)) KJV: lead captive. Occurs 44 times.

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*aichmalōteúō* — to capture (like G163 (αἰχμαλωτίζω))

KJV: lead captive

Derived from [αἰχμάλωτος aichmálōtos](https://besorah.bible/word/G164) (a prisoner of war)

Occurs 44 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Ephesians 4:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/ephesians/4?v=8) — Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”
- [1 Esdras 6:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/6?v=16) — They pulled down the house, burned it, and carried away the people captive to Babylon.
- [Tobit 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/1?v=2) — who in the days of Enemessar king of the Assyrians was carried away captive out of Thisbe, which is on the right hand…
- [Judith 5:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/5?v=18) — But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many severe battles, and were led…
- [1 Maccabees 1:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=32) — They led captive the women and the children, and seized the livestock.
- [1 Maccabees 8:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/8?v=10) — but this became known to them, and they sent against them a general who fought against them, and many of them fell down…
- [1 Maccabees 9:72](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/9?v=72) — He restored to him the captives which he had taken before out of the land of Judah, and he returned and departed into…