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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

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'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

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

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

KJV (20)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

NAS (29)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

HCS (19)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

BSB (19)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

ESV (17)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

WEB (20)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Timothy

Hebrews

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιλαμβαìνομαι

Middle voice from G1909 and G2983

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

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