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Lexicon :: Strong's G1949 - epilambanomai

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ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Transliteration
epilambanomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:9,*

Strong’s Definitions

†ἐπιλαμβάνομαι epilambánomai, ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee; middle voice from G1909 and G2983; to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively):—catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G1949 in the following manner: took (11x), caught (2x), took on (1x), lay hold on (2x), take hold (2x), laid hold upon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G1949 in the following manner: took (11x), caught (2x), took on (1x), lay hold on (2x), take hold (2x), laid hold upon (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐπιλαμβάνομαι epilambánomai, ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee; middle voice from G1909 and G2983; to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively):—catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on).
STRONGS G1949:
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 sichanetwasanhalten): 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 sicheinesannehmen): 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
14:31
Mark
8:23
Luke
9:47; 14:4; 20:20; 23:26; 23:26
Acts
9:27; 16:19; 17:19; 18:17; 21:30; 21:33; 23:19
1 Timothy
6:12; 6:19
Hebrews
2:16; 8:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1949 matches the Greek ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (epilambanomai),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - But the LORD said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grab it by the tail" - so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand -

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, "Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, "Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn't tell me about it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:15 - He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 - You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 - With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:6 - Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:13 - So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father's house and say, 'You own a coat - you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you - take away our shame!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Their roar is like a lion's; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 - I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - You have sacrificed to other gods! You have sinned against the LORD! You have not obeyed the LORD! You have not followed his laws, his statutes, and his decrees! That is why this disaster that is evident to this day has happened to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - The LORD who rules over all says, 'In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of - indeed, grab - the robe of one Jew and say, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - On that day there will be great confusion from the LORD among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently.
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