Strong G2638καταλαμβάνω
to grasp
- Transliteration
- katalambanō
- Pronunciation
- kat-al-am-ban'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-λαμβάνω
[in LXX for נָשַׂג hi., לָכַד, etc.;]
1. to lap hold of, seize, appropriate: Mrk.9:18; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.9:24, Php.3:12-13
2. to overtake: as carrel, of διώκω (Field, Notes, 158 f.), Rom.9:30; ἡ ἡμέρα, 1Th.5:4; of evils, Jhn.1:5 12:35 (cf. 617 T); hence, to surprise, discover: Jhn.8:3-4],
3. Of mental action, to apprehend, comprehend; so mid., in NT (M, Pr., 158): Eph.3:18; before ὅτι, Act.4:13 10:34; with accusative and inf., Act.25:25 (MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
[in LXX for נָשַׂג hi., לָכַד, etc.;]
1. to lap hold of, seize, appropriate: Mrk.9:18; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.9:24, Php.3:12-13
2. to overtake: as carrel, of διώκω (Field, Notes, 158 f.), Rom.9:30; ἡ ἡμέρα, 1Th.5:4; of evils, Jhn.1:5 12:35 (cf. 617 T); hence, to surprise, discover: Jhn.8:3-4],
3. Of mental action, to apprehend, comprehend; so mid., in NT (M, Pr., 158): Eph.3:18; before ὅτι, Act.4:13 10:34; with accusative and inf., Act.25:25 (MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2638 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- apprehend2
- comprehend2
- perceive2
- take2
- attain1
- come1
- find1
- obtain1
- overtake1
- taketh1
First verses
- Mark 9:18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
- John 1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- John 8:3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
- John 8:4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
- John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
- Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
- Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
- Acts 25:25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
- Romans 9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- Ephesians 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
- Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταλαμβάνω,
future -λήψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a (in _passive_sense, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 48.9))], Ionic dialect -λάμψομαι[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, _Aeolic dialect_ -λᾱμψομαι uncertain in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.9 (see. λαμβάνω))]: perfect -είληφα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d, etc. (καθ- “SIG” 129.18 (Carpathos, 4th)] c.BC)), -λελάβηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.122, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42 (variant{-λελαβήκεε}))]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist -ελάμφθην[Refs ([prev. author] 5.21)]; -ελάφθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 279.7 (Zelea, 4th c.BC))]: perfect in middle sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.85)]:—seize, lay hold of, with accusative, τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.433, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 624, etc.; κατέλαβε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 263 (Lyric poetry, tmesis), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.153, etc. (_metaphorically_, τὴν τοῦ νέου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκρόπολιν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560b))]; πάντα φυλακαῖς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 33; κ. ἕδρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 21, 86)]; φάσκων Ποσειδῶ πρότερον Ἀθηνᾶς καταλαβεῖν αὐτήν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.193)]; later, simply, arrive at a place, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1829 (6th c.AD))], etc.:—middle, seize for oneself, τὰ πρήγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39)]; τὰ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο matters which others had not preoccupied, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 55: frequently in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus, κ. λόφον 1.19.5, +others:)] —passive, of a person, ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καταληφθείς possessed, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.11.)]
2 of death, fatigue, disaster, etc., τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὄσσε ἔλλαβε.. θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.82; Ἄργον.. κατὰ μοῖρ᾽ ἔλαβεν.. θανάτοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.326: with double _accusative_, εὖτ᾽ ἄν μιν κάματος κατὰ γυῖα λάβῃσιν 1.192; Δίκη καταλήψεται ψευδῶν τέκτονας 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 28)]; befall, overtake, συμφορὰ κ. πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1161: frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, θεῖα πρήγματα καταλαμβάνει τοὺς αἰελούρους 2.66; πένθεα μεγάλα τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους κ. [prev. passage], compare 3.42)]; ὅσα φεύγοντας ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν may be expected to befall them,[Refs (4.11; ἤν τι καταλαμβάνῃ νεώτερον τὸν πεζόν 8.21)]: followed by infinitive, νοῦσός τινα κ. νοσῆσαι [Refs (3.149, compare 3.75)]; πρίν τι ἀνήκεστον ἡμᾶς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; κίνδυνος κ. τινά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.99)]; rarely of good fortune, τοῦτον κατέλαβε εὐτυχίη τις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139.)]
3 seize with the mind, comprehend, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370a, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.39, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.2.6, NT.John.1.5)] (perhaps overcome); κάλλος διὰ τῆς [ὄψεως] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d; ἐκ τοῦ φάσματος ὅτι.. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.46, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.5.6)]:—so in middle, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.66, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.288; ὅτι.. NT.Act.4.13; τί τὸ πλάτος NT.Eph.3.18)]:— passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 22, “Mus.” p.62K., 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.8.)]
4 accept, παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως.. δωροδοκήματα uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 119.1 (κᾆτ᾽ ἔλαβον Mein.).)]
II catch, overtake, come up with, τοὺς φεύγοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.63, compare 2.30)], etc.:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.211, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.8.)]
II.2 find on arrival, with participle, τινὰ ζῶντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10; τὰ πλεῖστα.. προειργασμένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.65; πάντα ἔξω [prev. author] 2.18; ἀνεῳγμένην τὴν θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d; τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐξιόντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.85; τινὰ ἔνδον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a; τῶν φορτίων πολλὴν ἀπρασίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.8; τι ὑπάρχον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131a29)]; detect, ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἐμαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b)]:—passive, κατελήφθη σοῦ λάθρᾳ πωλῶν τὰ σά [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 260, cf. NT.John.8.3, etc.; κατείληπτο σοφιζόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.164)]; to be taken by surprise, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 20.)]
III impersonal, καταλαμβάνει τινά with infinitive, it happens to one, it is one's fortune to.., καταλαμβάνει μιν φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152, compare 3.118; καταλελάβηκέ με.. τοῦτο.. ἐκφῆναι [prev. author] 3.65, compare 4.105, 6.38.)]
IV absolutely, πρὸς τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν συμφορήν that had befallen, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.161)]; τὰ καταλαβόντα, ={τὰ συμβάντα}, what had happened, the circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.49; ἢν πόλεμος καταλάβῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54, compare 18; εἰ -λαμβάνοι ἀναχώρησις [prev. author] 4.31)]; τῆς νυκτὸς -λαμβανούσης as night was coming on, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.86; Χειμῶνος ἤδη -λαμβάνοντος 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.2.9.)]
V hold down, cover, τῇ Χειρὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165b; τὰς Χεῖρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 26)]; fasten down, κ. πῶμα γόμφοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.356c, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.358)] (so in middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.37))]:—passive, to be compressed, opposed to διαλύεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 870b11; τὰς φλέβας -λαμβανόμενοι [prev. author] “Somn.Vig.” 455b7.)]
V.2 keep under, repress, check, κ. τινῶν αὐξανομένην τὴν δύναμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46)]; κ. τὸ πῦρ get it under,[Refs ([prev. work] 87; ἴσχε καὶ κ. σεωυτόν [prev. author] 3.36)]; κ. τὰς διαφοράς put an end to them, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.9)].; κ. ἐρίζοντας stop their quarrelling, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.128)]: followed by infinitive, κ. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν [Refs ([prev. author] 2.162)]; ὁ τῶν Περσέων θάνατος καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη inquiries about their death being checked.. , [Refs ([prev. author] 5.21.)]
V.2.b κ. τὸ πνεῦμα hold the breath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.176, +others)]
V.3 bind, κ. πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ὅρκοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86, etc.)]:—passive, εἴ τινι -λέλαμμαι ὅρκῳ [Refs (“SIG” 360.41 (from Chersonesus))]; νόμοις, ἔθεσι κατειλημμένα enforced, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b22; ζημίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 823a)]; [τὰς σπονδὰς] ηὗρε κατειλημμένας he found the treaty concluded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.21 codices)]
V.4 compel, constrain one to do, with infinitive, ἀναγκαίη μιν κ. φαίνειν forces him to bring out the truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75:)] —passive, ἀναγκαίῃ καταλαμβανόμενος being constrained, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57.)]
V.5 convict, condemn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.11)]; opposed to ἀπολύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.4.9; ἐὰν καταληφθεὶς ἀποθάνω [prev. author] 2.2.9, compare “IG” 12(2).526A20 (Eresus, 4th c.BC))]; of the prosecutor, secure a conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Rev.Phil. 1928.192 (Erythrae, 5th c.BC))]; ὁ -λαβών [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 578.58 (Teos, 2nd c.BC), etc.)]
future -λήψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a (in _passive_sense, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 48.9))], Ionic dialect -λάμψομαι[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, _Aeolic dialect_ -λᾱμψομαι uncertain in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.9 (see. λαμβάνω))]: perfect -είληφα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d, etc. (καθ- “SIG” 129.18 (Carpathos, 4th)] c.BC)), -λελάβηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.122, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42 (variant{-λελαβήκεε}))]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist -ελάμφθην[Refs ([prev. author] 5.21)]; -ελάφθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 279.7 (Zelea, 4th c.BC))]: perfect in middle sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.85)]:—seize, lay hold of, with accusative, τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.433, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 624, etc.; κατέλαβε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 263 (Lyric poetry, tmesis), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.153, etc. (_metaphorically_, τὴν τοῦ νέου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκρόπολιν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560b))]; πάντα φυλακαῖς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 33; κ. ἕδρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 21, 86)]; φάσκων Ποσειδῶ πρότερον Ἀθηνᾶς καταλαβεῖν αὐτήν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.193)]; later, simply, arrive at a place, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1829 (6th c.AD))], etc.:—middle, seize for oneself, τὰ πρήγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39)]; τὰ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο matters which others had not preoccupied, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 55: frequently in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus, κ. λόφον 1.19.5, +others:)] —passive, of a person, ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καταληφθείς possessed, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.11.)]
2 of death, fatigue, disaster, etc., τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὄσσε ἔλλαβε.. θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.82; Ἄργον.. κατὰ μοῖρ᾽ ἔλαβεν.. θανάτοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.326: with double _accusative_, εὖτ᾽ ἄν μιν κάματος κατὰ γυῖα λάβῃσιν 1.192; Δίκη καταλήψεται ψευδῶν τέκτονας 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 28)]; befall, overtake, συμφορὰ κ. πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1161: frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, θεῖα πρήγματα καταλαμβάνει τοὺς αἰελούρους 2.66; πένθεα μεγάλα τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους κ. [prev. passage], compare 3.42)]; ὅσα φεύγοντας ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν may be expected to befall them,[Refs (4.11; ἤν τι καταλαμβάνῃ νεώτερον τὸν πεζόν 8.21)]: followed by infinitive, νοῦσός τινα κ. νοσῆσαι [Refs (3.149, compare 3.75)]; πρίν τι ἀνήκεστον ἡμᾶς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; κίνδυνος κ. τινά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.99)]; rarely of good fortune, τοῦτον κατέλαβε εὐτυχίη τις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.139.)]
3 seize with the mind, comprehend, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370a, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.39, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.2.6, NT.John.1.5)] (perhaps overcome); κάλλος διὰ τῆς [ὄψεως] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d; ἐκ τοῦ φάσματος ὅτι.. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.46, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.5.6)]:—so in middle, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.66, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.288; ὅτι.. NT.Act.4.13; τί τὸ πλάτος NT.Eph.3.18)]:— passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 22, “Mus.” p.62K., 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.8.)]
4 accept, παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως.. δωροδοκήματα uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 119.1 (κᾆτ᾽ ἔλαβον Mein.).)]
II catch, overtake, come up with, τοὺς φεύγοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.63, compare 2.30)], etc.:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.211, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.8.)]
II.2 find on arrival, with participle, τινὰ ζῶντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10; τὰ πλεῖστα.. προειργασμένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.65; πάντα ἔξω [prev. author] 2.18; ἀνεῳγμένην τὴν θύραν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174d; τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐξιόντας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.85; τινὰ ἔνδον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a; τῶν φορτίων πολλὴν ἀπρασίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.8; τι ὑπάρχον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131a29)]; detect, ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἐμαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b)]:—passive, κατελήφθη σοῦ λάθρᾳ πωλῶν τὰ σά [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 260, cf. NT.John.8.3, etc.; κατείληπτο σοφιζόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.164)]; to be taken by surprise, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 20.)]
III impersonal, καταλαμβάνει τινά with infinitive, it happens to one, it is one's fortune to.., καταλαμβάνει μιν φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152, compare 3.118; καταλελάβηκέ με.. τοῦτο.. ἐκφῆναι [prev. author] 3.65, compare 4.105, 6.38.)]
IV absolutely, πρὸς τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν συμφορήν that had befallen, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.161)]; τὰ καταλαβόντα, ={τὰ συμβάντα}, what had happened, the circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.49; ἢν πόλεμος καταλάβῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54, compare 18; εἰ -λαμβάνοι ἀναχώρησις [prev. author] 4.31)]; τῆς νυκτὸς -λαμβανούσης as night was coming on, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.86; Χειμῶνος ἤδη -λαμβάνοντος 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.2.9.)]
V hold down, cover, τῇ Χειρὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165b; τὰς Χεῖρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 26)]; fasten down, κ. πῶμα γόμφοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.356c, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.358)] (so in middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.37))]:—passive, to be compressed, opposed to διαλύεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 870b11; τὰς φλέβας -λαμβανόμενοι [prev. author] “Somn.Vig.” 455b7.)]
V.2 keep under, repress, check, κ. τινῶν αὐξανομένην τὴν δύναμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46)]; κ. τὸ πῦρ get it under,[Refs ([prev. work] 87; ἴσχε καὶ κ. σεωυτόν [prev. author] 3.36)]; κ. τὰς διαφοράς put an end to them, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.9)].; κ. ἐρίζοντας stop their quarrelling, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.128)]: followed by infinitive, κ. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν [Refs ([prev. author] 2.162)]; ὁ τῶν Περσέων θάνατος καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη inquiries about their death being checked.. , [Refs ([prev. author] 5.21.)]
V.2.b κ. τὸ πνεῦμα hold the breath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.176, +others)]
V.3 bind, κ. πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ὅρκοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86, etc.)]:—passive, εἴ τινι -λέλαμμαι ὅρκῳ [Refs (“SIG” 360.41 (from Chersonesus))]; νόμοις, ἔθεσι κατειλημμένα enforced, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b22; ζημίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 823a)]; [τὰς σπονδὰς] ηὗρε κατειλημμένας he found the treaty concluded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.21 codices)]
V.4 compel, constrain one to do, with infinitive, ἀναγκαίη μιν κ. φαίνειν forces him to bring out the truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75:)] —passive, ἀναγκαίῃ καταλαμβανόμενος being constrained, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57.)]
V.5 convict, condemn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.11)]; opposed to ἀπολύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.4.9; ἐὰν καταληφθεὶς ἀποθάνω [prev. author] 2.2.9, compare “IG” 12(2).526A20 (Eresus, 4th c.BC))]; of the prosecutor, secure a conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Rev.Phil. 1928.192 (Erythrae, 5th c.BC))]; ὁ -λαβών [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 578.58 (Teos, 2nd c.BC), etc.)]