Strong G1949ἐπιλαμβάνω
to catch
- Transliteration
- epilambanomai
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-λαμβάνω
[in LXX for חָזַק hi., אָחַז, etc.;]
always mid. in LXX and NT (see Cremer, 758), to lap hold of: with genitive of person(s), Mat.14:31, Act.17:19 21:30, 33; with accusative of person(s) (not cl.), Luk.9:47 14:4 23:26 (WH, but see Bl., 1015), Act.9:27 16:9 18:17; with genitive of thing(s), Mrk.8:23, Act.23:10, Heb.8:9" (LXX); with genitive of person(s) and of thing(s), Luk.20:20, 26; τ. αἰωνίου (ὄντως) ζωῆς, 1Ti.6:12 6:19. Metaphorical (as in Sir.4:11), Heb.2:16 (see Westc., in l).†
(AS)
[in LXX for חָזַק hi., אָחַז, etc.;]
always mid. in LXX and NT (see Cremer, 758), to lap hold of: with genitive of person(s), Mat.14:31, Act.17:19 21:30, 33; with accusative of person(s) (not cl.), Luk.9:47 14:4 23:26 (WH, but see Bl., 1015), Act.9:27 16:9 18:17; with genitive of thing(s), Mrk.8:23, Act.23:10, Heb.8:9" (LXX); with genitive of person(s) and of thing(s), Luk.20:20, 26; τ. αἰωνίου (ὄντως) ζωῆς, 1Ti.6:12 6:19. Metaphorical (as in Sir.4:11), Heb.2:16 (see Westc., in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1949 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- take12
- hold4
- catch2
- on1
- when1
First verses
- Matthew 14:31And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
- Mark 8:23And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
- Luke 9:47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
- Luke 14:4And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
- Luke 20:20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Luke 20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
- Luke 23:26And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
- Acts 9:27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 16:19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
- Acts 17:19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
- Acts 18:17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
- Acts 21:30And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
- Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
- Acts 23:19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
- 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 6:19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
- Hebrews 2:16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
- Hebrews 8:9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιλαμβάνω,
take or get besides, ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259a28: with genitive partitive, ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου take a little more time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (M.Ant. 1.17; τῆς ἀρχῆς 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.14.5.)]
2. simply, take, receive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 10.1 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 179.18 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), etc.)]
II. lay hold of, seize, attack, as a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 6.51, Th. 2.51)]; of an enemy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 36)]:—passive, ἐπείληπται νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 732; τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς becoming unconscious, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flam.” 6)]; ἐπελήφθη had an epileptic fit, [Refs (Gal. 11.859.)]
II.b. of events, overtake, surprise, μὴ.. χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27; νυκτὸς ἐπιλαβούσης τὸ ἔργον [prev. work] 96; ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 974a: _impersonal_, ἐπιλαμβάνει)], with accusative et infinitive, it befalls one that.. , [Refs (Paus. 6.22.4, 7.21.1.)]
II.2. attain to, come within reach of, reach, [Refs (X. “An.” 6.5.6)]; ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἐ. πολέμου live over eight years, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Th. 4.133; ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 46: with _genitive_ _partitive_, ἐ. τετάρτου μηνός)] arrive at, of the foetus, [Refs (Arist. “HA” 583b22 (but ἐ. τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου μηνός, of the mother, [prev. work] 584a37))]; ὥστε καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐ. [Refs (Thphr. “HP” 1.9.6.)]
II.3. seize, stop, especially by pressure, τὴν ῥῖνα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 703; ἐ. τὸ κλύσμα τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87; ἐ. τὸ ὕδωρ stop the water-clock in court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Lys. 23.4, Is. 3.76; τὸν αὐλίσκον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 67.3, compare “Pr.” 866b13, Plb. 10.44.12; τὸ στόμα τοῖς ἐπικαλύμμασιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 527b21.)]
II.4. occupy space, μηδὲν τῶν τῆς πόλεως.. οἰκοδομήμασι ἐ. [Refs (Pl. “Lg.” 779c (_middle_))]; πλείω τόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 305b19; πλατύτερον τόπον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 5: metaphorically, πολὺν χῶρον ἐ. get over much ground, traverse it rapidly, [Refs (Theoc. 13.65.)]
II.5. with genitive, undertake, τῆς κινήσεως, τῆς νήξεως, [Refs (Ael. “NA” 5.18, 13.19.)]
II.6. with dative, assist, [Refs (App. “BC” 4.96)] (nisi to be read <συν>επιλ.).
II.7. intransitive, succeed, follow, [Refs (Arist. “Pr.” 860a7.)]
II.8. of food or drink, take extra, οἰνάριον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 1; take after other food, [Refs (Dsc. 2.112.)]
III. middle (with perfect ἐπείλημμαι [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d, D. 3.27))], hold oneself on by, lay hold of, with genitive, τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.113, Th. 4.14, etc.; τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.114)]; τῶν ἐπισπαστήρων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 91; τῆς ἴτυος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.12; τῶν ἁμαξῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 3)]; ὅτου ἐπιλάβοιτο τὰ δρέπανα whomsoever the scythes caught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (X. “Cyr.” 7.1.31; ἐπιλαμβάνεταί μου τῆς χειρὸς τῇ δεξιᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335c; ἐπιλαβόμενός [τινος] τῇ χειρί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60)]; τῶν τριχῶν by the hair, [Refs (Aeschin. 3.150)]; μὴ 'πιλαμβάνου hold me not! [Refs (E. “Ph.” 896.)]
III.2. attack. τινός [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.22; especially with words, Pl. “Phdr.” 236b)]; of things, τῆς θερμασίας πόρων -ομένης Epieur.[Refs (“Ep.” 2p.52U.)]; of diseases, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 29.)]
III.3. make a seizure of, arrest, τῶν παίδων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.9; seize goods in default of payment, [Refs ([prev. author] 21.133.)]
III.3.b. lay hands on in assertion of a claim, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Pl. “Lg.” 954c, “POxy.” 1707.15 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
III.4. lay hold of, get, obtain, προστάτεω a chief, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127; προφάσιος ἔς τινα [prev. author] 3.36, compare 6.49; δυνάμιος [prev. author] 9.09; καιροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 596)]; ἐξουσίας, γαλήνης, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Pl. “R.” 360d, “Plt.” 273a, compare “PTeb.” 48.20 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. λογισμῷ, Latin ratione assequi, [Refs (Pl. “Phd.” 79a.)]
III.5. of Place, reach, δασέος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b15; τῶν ὀρῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 41: metaphorically, of a state or condition, ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι having found an empty field, i.e. an absence of all competitors, [Refs (D. 3.27, cf. Arist. “Pol.” 1305b16.)]
III.6. attempt, πράξεων μεγάλων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 7.
III.6.b. with infinitive, undertake, γεωργεῖν [Refs (“IG” 7.2446 (from Thebes).)]
III.7. touch on, τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449d.
III.8. take up, interrupt in speaking, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 506b, “Smp.” 214e)]; object to, τοῦ ψηφίσματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.32; ἐ. ὅτι.. object that.., [Refs (Pl. “R.” 490c.)]
III.9. rarely with accusative, seize, τὰς Ἀθήνας (to be read λήψονται) [Refs (Lycurg. 84.)]
take or get besides, ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259a28: with genitive partitive, ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου take a little more time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (M.Ant. 1.17; τῆς ἀρχῆς 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.14.5.)]
2. simply, take, receive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PEleph.” 10.1 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 179.18 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), etc.)]
II. lay hold of, seize, attack, as a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 6.51, Th. 2.51)]; of an enemy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 36)]:—passive, ἐπείληπται νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 732; τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς becoming unconscious, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flam.” 6)]; ἐπελήφθη had an epileptic fit, [Refs (Gal. 11.859.)]
II.b. of events, overtake, surprise, μὴ.. χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27; νυκτὸς ἐπιλαβούσης τὸ ἔργον [prev. work] 96; ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 974a: _impersonal_, ἐπιλαμβάνει)], with accusative et infinitive, it befalls one that.. , [Refs (Paus. 6.22.4, 7.21.1.)]
II.2. attain to, come within reach of, reach, [Refs (X. “An.” 6.5.6)]; ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἐ. πολέμου live over eight years, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Th. 4.133; ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 46: with _genitive_ _partitive_, ἐ. τετάρτου μηνός)] arrive at, of the foetus, [Refs (Arist. “HA” 583b22 (but ἐ. τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου μηνός, of the mother, [prev. work] 584a37))]; ὥστε καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐ. [Refs (Thphr. “HP” 1.9.6.)]
II.3. seize, stop, especially by pressure, τὴν ῥῖνα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 703; ἐ. τὸ κλύσμα τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87; ἐ. τὸ ὕδωρ stop the water-clock in court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Lys. 23.4, Is. 3.76; τὸν αὐλίσκον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 67.3, compare “Pr.” 866b13, Plb. 10.44.12; τὸ στόμα τοῖς ἐπικαλύμμασιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 527b21.)]
II.4. occupy space, μηδὲν τῶν τῆς πόλεως.. οἰκοδομήμασι ἐ. [Refs (Pl. “Lg.” 779c (_middle_))]; πλείω τόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 305b19; πλατύτερον τόπον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 5: metaphorically, πολὺν χῶρον ἐ. get over much ground, traverse it rapidly, [Refs (Theoc. 13.65.)]
II.5. with genitive, undertake, τῆς κινήσεως, τῆς νήξεως, [Refs (Ael. “NA” 5.18, 13.19.)]
II.6. with dative, assist, [Refs (App. “BC” 4.96)] (nisi to be read <συν>επιλ.).
II.7. intransitive, succeed, follow, [Refs (Arist. “Pr.” 860a7.)]
II.8. of food or drink, take extra, οἰνάριον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Ma.” 1; take after other food, [Refs (Dsc. 2.112.)]
III. middle (with perfect ἐπείλημμαι [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d, D. 3.27))], hold oneself on by, lay hold of, with genitive, τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.113, Th. 4.14, etc.; τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.114)]; τῶν ἐπισπαστήρων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 91; τῆς ἴτυος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.12; τῶν ἁμαξῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 3)]; ὅτου ἐπιλάβοιτο τὰ δρέπανα whomsoever the scythes caught, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (X. “Cyr.” 7.1.31; ἐπιλαμβάνεταί μου τῆς χειρὸς τῇ δεξιᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335c; ἐπιλαβόμενός [τινος] τῇ χειρί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60)]; τῶν τριχῶν by the hair, [Refs (Aeschin. 3.150)]; μὴ 'πιλαμβάνου hold me not! [Refs (E. “Ph.” 896.)]
III.2. attack. τινός [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.22; especially with words, Pl. “Phdr.” 236b)]; of things, τῆς θερμασίας πόρων -ομένης Epieur.[Refs (“Ep.” 2p.52U.)]; of diseases, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 29.)]
III.3. make a seizure of, arrest, τῶν παίδων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.9; seize goods in default of payment, [Refs ([prev. author] 21.133.)]
III.3.b. lay hands on in assertion of a claim, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Pl. “Lg.” 954c, “POxy.” 1707.15 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
III.4. lay hold of, get, obtain, προστάτεω a chief, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127; προφάσιος ἔς τινα [prev. author] 3.36, compare 6.49; δυνάμιος [prev. author] 9.09; καιροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 596)]; ἐξουσίας, γαλήνης, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Pl. “R.” 360d, “Plt.” 273a, compare “PTeb.” 48.20 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; ἐ. λογισμῷ, Latin ratione assequi, [Refs (Pl. “Phd.” 79a.)]
III.5. of Place, reach, δασέος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b15; τῶν ὀρῶν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 41: metaphorically, of a state or condition, ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι having found an empty field, i.e. an absence of all competitors, [Refs (D. 3.27, cf. Arist. “Pol.” 1305b16.)]
III.6. attempt, πράξεων μεγάλων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 7.
III.6.b. with infinitive, undertake, γεωργεῖν [Refs (“IG” 7.2446 (from Thebes).)]
III.7. touch on, τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449d.
III.8. take up, interrupt in speaking, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 506b, “Smp.” 214e)]; object to, τοῦ ψηφίσματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.32; ἐ. ὅτι.. object that.., [Refs (Pl. “R.” 490c.)]
III.9. rarely with accusative, seize, τὰς Ἀθήνας (to be read λήψονται) [Refs (Lycurg. 84.)]