Strong's Lexicon
G1949 — ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1949 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπιλαμβάνομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G1909 and G2983 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 19 |
| Transliteration: | epilambanomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιλαμβάνω; 2 aorist middle ἐπελαβόμην; to take in addition (cf. ἐπί, D. 4), to take, lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain to. In the Bible only in the middle; the Sept. for àÈçÇæ and äÆçÁæÄé÷;
a. properly, to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands (German sichanetwasanhalten): τῶν ἀφλαστων νηός, Herodotus 6, 114; hence, universally, to take hold of, lag hold of: with the genitive of person, Mat 14:31; Luk 9:47. (Tr WH accusative); (Luk 23:26 R G); Act 17:19; Act 21:30; Act 21:33; with the accusative of person, Luk 23:26 L T Tr WH, but in opposition see Meyer; for where the participle ἐπιλαβόμενος is in this sense joined with an accusative, the accusative, by the σχῆμα ἀπό κοίνου, depends also upon the accompanying finite verb (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 9; (so Winer’s Grammar, (edited by Lünem.) 202 (190))): Act 9:27; Act 16:19; Act 18:17, cf. Luk 14:4. with the genitive of a thing: τῆς χειρός τίνος, Mar 8:23; Act 23:19; of a leader, and thus metaphorically, of God, Heb 8:9 (cf. Winers Grammar, 571 (531); Buttmann, 316 (271)); with the genitive of a person and of a thing: ἐπιλαμβάνειν τίνος λόγου, ῤήματος, to take anyone in his speech, i. e. to lay hold of something said by him which can be turned against him, Luk 20:20 (Tr λόγον), 26 (WH Tr marginal reading τοῦ for αὐτοῦ); ἐπιλαμβάνειν τῆς αἰωνίου (others, ὄντως) ζωῆς, to seize upon, lay hold of, i. e. to struggle to obtain eternal life, 1Ti 6:12; 1Ti 6:19 (cf. Winers Grammar, 312 (293)).
b. by a metaphor drawn from laying hold of another to rescue him from peril, to help, to succor (cf. German sicheinesannehmen): τίνος, Heb 2:16; in this sense used besides only in Sir 4:11 and Schol. ad Aeschylus Pers. 739. In Appian. bel. civ. 4, 96 the active is thus used with the dative: ἡμῖν τό δαιμόνιον ἐπιλαμβανει.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (catch)
Matthew 14:31
- KJV: And immediately Jesus stretched forth hand and caught him and said unto him O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt
- GK: ευθέως δε ο Ιησούς εκτείνας την χείρα επελάβετο αυτού και λέγει αυτώ ολιγόπιστε εις τι εδίστασας
Mark 8:23
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και επιλαβόμενος της χειρός του τυφλού εξήγαγεν αυτόν έξω της κώμης και πτύσας εις τα όμματα αυτού επιθείς τας χείρας αυτώ επηρώτα αυτόν ει βλέπει
Luke 9:47
- KJV: And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart took a child and set him by him
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς ιδών τον διαλογισμόν της καρδίας αυτών επιλαβόμενος παιδίου έστησεν αυτό παρ΄ εαυτώ
Luke 14:4
- KJV: And they held their peace And he took and healed him and let him go
- GK: οι δε ησύχασαν και επιλαβόμενος ιάσατο αυτόν και απέλυσεν
Luke 20:20
- KJV: And they watched 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
- GK: και παρατηρήσαντες απέστειλαν εγκαθέτους υποκρινομένους εαυτούς δικαίους είναι ίνα επιλάβωνται αυτού λόγου εις το παραδούναι αυτόν τη αρχή και τη εξουσία του ηγεμόνος
Luke 20:26
- KJV: And they could not take hold of his words before the people and they marvelled at his answer and held their peace
- GK: και ουκ ίσχυσαν επιλαβέσθαι αυτού ρήματος εναντίον του λαού και θαυμάσαντες επί τη αποκρίσει αυτού εσίγησαν
Luke 23:26
- KJV: And 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 after Jesus
- GK: και ως απήγαγον αυτόν επιλαβόμενοι Σίμωνός τινος Κυρηναίου του ερχομένου απ΄ αγρού επέθηκαν αυτώ τον σταυρόν φέρειν όπισθεν του Ιησού
Acts 9:27
- KJV: But Barnabas took him and brought 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
- GK: Βαρναβάς δε επιλαβόμενος αυτόν ήγαγε προς τους αποστόλους και διηγήσατο αυτοίς πως εν τη οδώ είδε τον κύριον και ότι ελάλησεν αυτώ και πως εν Δαμασκώ επαρρησιάσατο εν τω ονόματι του Ιησού
Acts 16:19
- KJV: And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone they caught Paul and Silas and drew into the marketplace unto the rulers
- GK: ιδόντες δε οι κύριοι αυτής ότι εξήλθεν η ελπίς της εργασίας αυτών επιλαβόμενοι τον Παύλον και τον Σίλαν είλκυσαν εις την αγοράν επί τους άρχοντας