ἐπιλαμβάνω epilambanō · G1949

to catch

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

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, []; 2. simply, take, receive, []; II. lay hold of, seize, attack, as a disease, []; of an enemy, []:—passive, ἐπείληπται νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 732; τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς becoming unconscious, []; ἐπελήφθη had an epileptic fit, [] ; II.b. of events, overtake, surprise, μὴ.. χειμὼν τὴν …

Where it's used 19 times

Matthew 14:31 · Mark 8:23 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 14:4 · Luke 20:20 · Luke 20:26 · Luke 23:26 · Acts 9:27 · Acts 16:19 · Acts 17:19 · Acts 18:17 · Acts 21:30 · Acts 21:33 · Acts 23:19 · 1 Timothy 6:12 · 1 Timothy 6:19 · Hebrews 2:16 · Hebrews 8:9 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G1949; TFLSJ G1949

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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