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Lexical senses and semantic domains
Sense 1: to take hold of, to grasp
to take hold of or grasp, with focus upon the goal of the motion
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-01Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 11 (11 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 2: to seize, to arrest
to take a person into custody for alleged illegal activity
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-02Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 3: to catch, to trap, to seize, to learn in order to seize
(figurative extension of meaning of ἐ π ι λ α μ β ά ν ο μ α ι [a] ‘to grasp,’ semantic domain 18.2 ) to learn something about someone, with the purpose of seizing, arresting, or overcoming
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-03Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 4: to help
to assist in supplying what may be needed[source note 1]
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-04Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 5: to be concerned about, to be concerned for
to be concerned about, with the implication of possible help
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-05Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
Sense 6: to undergo, to experience
to experience some event or state, often with the implication of something negatively valued[source note 3]
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Sense ID SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001966-06Source ubs_greek_dictionary Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 Source-linked references 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records) Source-exact record View JSON
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Advanced record identity Lemma ID SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001966Page model version 1.0 Direction ltr Domain policy Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union