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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 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called [fn]Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:4 - And Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail”—so he stretched out his hand and took hold of it, and it became a staff in his [fn]hand—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - “And I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and shattered them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 -

“If two men, a man and his brother, are struggling together, and the wife of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and she puts out her hand and seizes his genitals,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [fn]pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and seized the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and brought them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men were not willing to listen to him. So the man took hold of his concubine and brought her out to them; and they knew her and abused her all night until morning, and they let her go at the [fn]breaking of dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - Then he entered his house and took a knife and took hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “And I seized my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance; for they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - Then she brought them near to him to eat, but he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would send forth his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he [fn]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [fn]be inserted in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - And Elisha was seeing this and he was crying out, “My father, my father, the [fn]chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw [fn]Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - Then she came to the man of God to the hill and took hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is bitter within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:15 -

“He relies on his house, but it does not stand;

He holds fast to it, but it is not established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 -

“You have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness;

And my leanness rises up against me,

It answers to my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 -

“By a great force my garment is distorted;

It seizes me about as 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 ends of the earth,

And the wicked be shaken out of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 -

Take hold of [fn]shield and large shield

And rise up for my help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:6 -

[fn]Panic seized them there,

Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 -

Seize discipline; do not let go.

Guard her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:13 -

So she seizes him and kisses him

[fn]And with a brazen face she says to him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 -

When a man grasps his brother in his father’s house, saying,

“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,

And these ruins will be under your hand,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 -

And seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 -

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls and seizes the prey

And carries it off with no one to deliver it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 -

“I have no wrath.

Who would ever give Me briars and thorns in the battle?

I would step on them, I would burn them [fn]completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - “And they have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching, they would not listen [fn]and receive discipline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - “Because you have burned incense and have sinned against Yahweh and not listened to the voice of Yahweh or walked in His law, His statutes, or His testimonies, therefore this evil has befallen you, as it has this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 -

“Damascus has become limp in their hands;

She has turned away to flee,

And panic has taken hold of her;

Distress and pangs have seized her

Like a woman in childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 -

“When they seized you with the hand,

You tore and split open all their [fn]shoulders;

And when they leaned on you,

You broke and made all their loins [fn]quake.”

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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; and behold, it has not been bound up to be given healing [fn]or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to seize the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - The side chambers were in three stories, [fn]one above another, and [fn]thirty in each story; and [fn]the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on [fn]their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the house itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 -

They rush on the city;

They run on the wall;

They climb up into the houses;

They enter through the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from every tongue of the nations will [fn]take hold of the [fn]garment of a Jew, saying, “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 - And it will be in that day, that abundant confusion from Yahweh will [fn]fall on them; and they will take hold of one another’s hand, and the hand of one will [fn]go up against the hand of another.
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