Strong G2510καθάπτω
to attach
- Transliteration
- kathaptō
- Pronunciation
- kath-ap'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
καθ-άπτω
[in Sm.: Sng.1:6 *;]
1. to fasten on, put upon, with accusative
2. Act. for mid. (cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: with genitive, χειρός, Act.28:3.†
(AS)
[in Sm.: Sng.1:6 *;]
1. to fasten on, put upon, with accusative
2. Act. for mid. (cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: with genitive, χειρός, Act.28:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2510 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fasten1
First verses
- Acts 28:3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθάπτω,
Ionic dialect κατ-, fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις.. ἀμφίβληστρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1051; κ. τι ἀμφί τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1006; τι ἐπί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.9; τι εἴς τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.3; τι ἔκ τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.647e)]; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.10; τὰ ὀστέα καθάπτει τὰ νεῦρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Spiritu” 483b31)]:—middle, κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 3.4)]:— passive, βρόχῳ καθημμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1222, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Adon.” 11.)]
2 equip by fastening or hanging on, in middle, σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 202, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.19 (1st c.BC: Archias):)] —passive, νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 219; καθημμένοι νεβρίδας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.71.)]
3 intransitive, attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 514b30, 515a3; later = 11.5)], fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.28.3, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.164.)]
II used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in)]middle, καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.582)]; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.70; μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι κ. 24.393)]; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.415, 20.323; χαλεποῖσι κ. ἐπέεσσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 332)]: without a qualifying adjective, accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.127, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.240; without ἐπέεσσι, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν 2.39, compare 20.22, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.421.)]
II.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], with genitive, upbraid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.4: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.82.)]
II.3 in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.19.14.)]
II.4 appeal to, θεῶν.. καταπτόμενος appealing to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.68; Δημαρήτου καὶ ἄλλων μαρτύρων [prev. author] 8.65.)]
II.5 lay hold of, τυραννίδος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 32.3; βρέφεος χείρεσσι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.65)]; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.23)]: active, καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.20.10 (compare 1.3).)]
II.6 to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.16.)]
Ionic dialect κατ-, fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις.. ἀμφίβληστρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1051; κ. τι ἀμφί τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1006; τι ἐπί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.9; τι εἴς τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.3; τι ἔκ τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.647e)]; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.10; τὰ ὀστέα καθάπτει τὰ νεῦρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Spiritu” 483b31)]:—middle, κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 3.4)]:— passive, βρόχῳ καθημμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1222, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Adon.” 11.)]
2 equip by fastening or hanging on, in middle, σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 202, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.19 (1st c.BC: Archias):)] —passive, νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 219; καθημμένοι νεβρίδας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.71.)]
3 intransitive, attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 514b30, 515a3; later = 11.5)], fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Act.28.3, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.164.)]
II used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in)]middle, καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.582)]; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.70; μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι κ. 24.393)]; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.415, 20.323; χαλεποῖσι κ. ἐπέεσσι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 332)]: without a qualifying adjective, accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.127, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.240; without ἐπέεσσι, γέροντα καθαπτόμενος προσέειπεν 2.39, compare 20.22, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.421.)]
II.2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], with genitive, upbraid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.4: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.82.)]
II.3 in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.19.14.)]
II.4 appeal to, θεῶν.. καταπτόμενος appealing to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.68; Δημαρήτου καὶ ἄλλων μαρτύρων [prev. author] 8.65.)]
II.5 lay hold of, τυραννίδος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 32.3; βρέφεος χείρεσσι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.65)]; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.23)]: active, καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.20.10 (compare 1.3).)]
II.6 to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.16.)]