In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 harpazo is the Greek word meaning "caught up". Rapture, meaning "caught up", is the Latin translated from the Greek word harpazo and caught up is the English translation of the Greek word harpazo. RAPTURE IS in the Bible.

1 Corinthians 15:51-58 "Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruptibility, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible will have put on the incorruptible, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 "But we do not want you to be uninformed; brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words."

*Hebrew & Greek Words

aJrpavzw harpazo In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 harpazo is the Greek word meaning "caught up". Rapture, meaning "caught up", is the Latin word translated from the Greek word harpazo and caught-up is the English translation of the Greek word harpazo. Rapture is in the Bible. 1) to seize, to steal, to carry off by force. 2) to catch up, snatch away, Latin rapture; Acts 8:39, 2 Cor 12:2, 1 Thess 4:17. Verb: 1 person singular present active indicative, 726; from a derivative of aiJrevomai to take for oneself, 138. 2/52, 4/91-92, 26/CD, 28/CD, 31/CD, 37/CD.