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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.
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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 19 times in 18 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:31 - Immediately Yeshua stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:47 - Yeshua, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:4 - But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:26 - When they led him away, they grabbed one Shim`on of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - But Bar-Nabba took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Dammesek he had preached boldly in the name of Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Sha'ul and Sila, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17 - Then all the Yevanim laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Sha'ul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:12 - Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:19 - laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:16 - For most assuredly, not to angels does he give help, but he gives help to the seed of Avraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:9 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitzrayim; For they didn't continue in my covenant, And I disregarded them," says the Lord.
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