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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1949 - ἐπιλαμβάνομαι

Transliteration

epilambánomai

Phonetics

ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee

Origin

middle voice from (G1909) and (G2983)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

4:9,

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to
1. to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands, to take hold of, lay hold of
2. metaph. to rescue one from peril, to help, succour

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 270 ‑ אָחַז (aw‑khaz'); 2388 ‑ חָזַק (khaw‑zak'); 5710 ‑ עָדָה (aw‑daw'); 7059 ‑ קָמַט (kaw‑mat'); 7121 ‑ קָרָא (kaw‑raw'); 8264 ‑ שָׁקַק (shaw‑kak'); 8610 ‑ תָּפַשׂ (taw‑fas');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (21)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 5

BSB (16)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 3

CSB (18)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 3

ESV (19)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 3

KJV (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 4

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (29)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Luke 7

Acts 10

1 Timothy 4

Hebrews 5

N95 (29)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Luke 6

Acts 11

1 Timothy 4

Hebrews 5

NAS (29)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Luke 6

Acts 11

1 Timothy 4

Hebrews 5

NLT (16)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 10

Acts 5

1 Timothy 4

Hebrews 6

WEB (20)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 4

YLT (19)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 5

Acts 7

1 Timothy 2

Hebrews 3

ASV (21)

and laid hold 1

and took hold 1

doth he give 1

he giveth 1

he took 3

help 1

laid hold 1

lay hold on 1

that 1

they laid hold 2

they laid hold upon 1

they may lay hold on 1

they might take hold 1

they took 1

to take hold 1

took 3

BSB (16)

and arrested 1

and took hold 1

he helps 1

he took 1

jesus took hold of the man 1

take hold 1

the crowd seized 1

they may take hold 1

they seized 3

they took 1

to catch him 1

to trap him in 1

took 2

CSB (18)

catch 2

custody 1

help 2

hold 3

seized 4

took 6

ESV (19)

arrested 1

helps 2

hold 2

seized 4

take 1

take hold 1

took 7

took hold 1

KJV (20)

caught 2

hold 2

on 4

took 11

upon 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (29)

catch 2

give 1

gives 1

help 2

hold 8

seized 1

take 2

taking 2

took 10

N95 (29)

catch 2

give 1

gives 1

help 2

hold 8

seized 2

take 2

taking 2

took 9

NAS (29)

catch 2

give 1

gives 1

help 2

hold 8

seized 2

take 2

taking 2

took 9

NLT (16)

arrested 1

experience 1

get 1

grabbed 4

help 2

led 1

seized 1

tightly 1

took 2

touched 1

trap 1

WEB (20)

arrested 1

give 1

he gives 1

help 1

laid hold 1

lay hold of 1

seized 1

they grabbed 1

they may lay hold of 1

they might trap 1

they seized 1

to trap 1

took 7

took hold 1

YLT (19)

be laying hold on 1

having caught 1

having laid hold on 1

having taken 3

having taken hold of 2

having taken hold on 1

it layeth hold 1

laid hold of 1

lay hold 1

take hold on 1

taken 1

taking 1

the greeks having taken 1

they may lay hold on 1

they might take hold of 1

took 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

ANT

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

BEZ

V-AMI-3S 2

V-AMM-2S 1

V-AMN- 1

V-AMP-GSM 1

V-AMP-NPM 5

V-AMP-NSM 5

V-AMS-3P 2

V-PPI-3S 2

BGB

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 4

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

BMT

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 4

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

BYZ

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

ELZ

V-AMD-2S 1

V-AMI-3S 2

V-AMN 1

V-AMPGSM 1

V-AMPNPM 5

V-AMPNSM 5

V-AMS-3P 2

V-PMI-3S 2

NA26

V-2AMDS 1

V-3AMIS 2

V-3AMSP 2

V-3PMIS 2

V-AMN 1

V-AMPGSM 1

V-AMPNPM 5

V-AMPNSM 5

SBL

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

SCV

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

STV

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

TIS

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

V-2ADI-3S 2

V-2ADM-2S 1

V-2ADN 1

V-2ADP-GSM 1

V-2ADP-NPM 5

V-2ADP-NSM 5

V-2ADS-3P 2

V-PNI-3S 2

TRG

V-AMD-2S 1

V-AMI-3S 2

V-AMN 1

V-AMPGSM 1

V-AMPNPM 5

V-AMPNSM 5

V-AMS-3P 2

V-PMI-3S 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιλαμβαìνομαι

Middle voice from G1909 and G2983

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 אָחַז and הֶחֱזִיק;

a. properly, to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands (German sich an etwas anhalten): τῶν ἀφλαστων νηός, Herodotus 6, 114; hence, universally, to take hold of, lag hold of: with the genitive of person, Matthew 14:31; Luke 9:47. (Tr WH accusative); (Luke 23:26 R G); Acts 17:19; Acts 21:30, 33; with the accusative of person, Luke 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))): Acts 9:27; Acts 16:19; Acts 18:17, cf. Luke 14:4. with the genitive of a thing: τῆς χειρός τίνος, Mark 8:23; Acts 23:19; of a leader, and thus metaphorically, of God, Hebrews 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, Luke 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, 1 Timothy 6:12, 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 sich eines annehmen): τίνος, Hebrews 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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -λαμβάνω ,

[in LXX for H2388 hi., H270, etc.;]

always mid. in LXX and NT (v. Cremer, 758), to lap hold of: c. gen. pers., Matthew 14:31, Acts 17:19; Acts 21:30; Acts 21:33; c. acc pers. (not cl.), Luke 9:47; Luke 14:4; Luke 23:26 (WH, but v. Bl., 1015), Acts 9:27; Acts 16:9; Acts 18:17; c. gen. rei, Mark 8:23, Acts 23:10, Hebrews 8:9 (LXX); c. gen. pers. et rei, Luke 20:20; Luke 20:26; τ . αἰωνίου (ὄντως ) ζωῆς , 1 Timothy 6:12; 1 Timothy 6:19. Metaph. (as in Sirach 4:11), Hebrews 2:16 (v. Westc., in l).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the active of this verb see P Par 26.48 (B.C. 163–2) (= Selections, p. 17) ἐπιλαβόντα παρ᾽ ἡμῶν τὴν γραφὴν τῶν ὀφειλομένων ἡμῖν δεόντων, ";having received from us the written list of the necessaries due to us,"; BGU IV. 1138.20 (B.C. 19) ἐ ̣π ̣ι ̣λ ̣α ̣β ̣όντ (α) παρ᾽ αὐ ̣τ ̣(οῦ) τ ̣ο ̣, ν ̣ κ ̣ε ̣χωρηκ (ότα) : in a Magdola papyrus re-edited by Reinach in Mél. Nicole, p. 451 ff., we have .5 ἐπιλαβ [ὼν ] μάρτυρας. In OGIS 257.9 (B.C. 109) the verb is used without an accus. ";de rebus subito ingruentibus";—ἐν τοῖς ἐπει [ληφόσιν ἀναγκαι ]οτάτοις καιροῖς. The mid., which alone is found in the NT (cf. Proverbs 4:13), may be illustrated from P Hal I. 1 ii. 1 (iii/B.C.) ὁ μαρτυρίας ἐπιλαμβανόμενος, PSI IV. 366.4 (B.C. 250–49) ἐὰν ἐπιλαμβάνηται τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῆς βοός, and P Tebt II. 417.10 (iii/A.D.) ἐπὶ γὰρ ἐ [ὰν ] φθάσωμεν ἐπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ ἔργου δυνόμεθα αὐτ [ὸ ἀ ]φῖνε (l. ἀφεῖναι), ";for as soon as we make haste to set ourselves to the work we can finish it"; (note the late constr. of φθάνω c. inf.). The subst. occurs in P Tebt II. 335.9 (mid. iii/A.D.) φοβ ̣ου ̣μενος μὴ ἄρα εὑρεθείη ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπίλημψι [ς, ";from fear that they might disclose a claim by seizure"; (Edd.), and see Preuschen Mönchtum, p. 65 for ἐπίλημπτος.

List of Word Forms

επειλημμένη επελαβετο επελάβετο επελάβετό ἐπελάβετο επελαβόμην επελάβοντο επελάβοντό επελαμβάνετο επιλαβεσθαι επιλαβέσθαι ἐπιλαβέσθαι επιλάβηται επιλαβομένη επιλαβομενοι επιλαβόμενοι επιλαβόμενοί ἐπιλαβόμενοι επιλαβομενος επιλαβόμενος ἐπιλαβόμενος επιλαβομενου επιλαβομένου ἐπιλαβομένου επιλαβου επιλαβού ἐπιλαβοῦ επιλαβωνται επιλάβωνται ἐπιλάβωνται επιλαμβανεται επιλαμβάνεται ἐπιλαμβάνεται επιλαμβανομένοις επιλαμβάνωνται επιλάμψει επιλήψεται επιλήψονται epelabeto epelábeto epilabesthai epilabésthai epilabomenoi epilabómenoi epilabomenos epilabómenos epilabomenou epilaboménou epilabontai epilabōntai epilábontai epilábōntai epilabou epilaboû epilambanetai epilambánetai