ἐπιλαμβάνω epilambanō

Greek word for “to catch” · Strong’s G1949 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

ἐπι-λαμβάνω; always mid.

How it is translated

Glosses given for epilambanō in context, with how often each is used:

• having taken hold 7
• helps 2
• took hold 1
• may catch 1
• catch him in 1
• having laid hold on 1
• having taken 1
• having seized 1
• having laid hold 1
• laid hold 1
• do lay hold 1
• may take hold 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 20 (2), Acts 21 (2), 1 Timothy 6 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Mark 8 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 14 (1), Luke 23 (1), Acts 9 (1), Acts 16 (1)

Forms

• ἐπιλαβόμενος 5
• ἐπιλαβόμενοι 3
• ἐπελάβετο 2
• ἐπιλάβωνται 2
• ἐπιλαμβάνεται 2
• ἐπιλαβέσθαι 1
• Ἐπιλαβόμενοί 1
• Ἐπιλαβόμενοι 1
• ἐπιλαβοῦ 1
• ἐπιλαβομένου 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epilambanō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• χείρ cheir “hand” 4
• ἕλκω helkuō, helkō “to draw/persuade” 2
• πυνθάνομαι punthanomai “to inquire” 2
• χιλίαρχος chiliarchos “military officer” 2
• ἐπιτίθημι epitithēmi “to put/lay on” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 3
• ἔξω exō “out/outside(r)” 2
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 2
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 2
• καλός kalos “good” 2
• ζωή zōē “life” 2
• λαός laos “a people” 2

Key verses

The verses using epilambanō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 14:31 — And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
• Mark 8:23 — 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.
• Luke 9:47 — And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
• Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, 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…
• Luke 23:26 — 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 it after…
• Acts 9:27 — But Barnabas took him, and brought him 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…
• Acts 16:19 — And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
• Acts 21:30 — And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
• Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
• 1 Timothy 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 1 Timothy 6:19 — Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
• Hebrews 8:9 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.