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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 - And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, 'Little faith! for what didst thou waver?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put his hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:47 - and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:4 - and they were silent, and having taken hold of him, he healed him, and let him go;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:26 - And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear it behind Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:27 - and Barnabas having taken him, brought him unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:19 - having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought him, saying, 'Are we able to know what is this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17 - and all the Greeks having taken Sosthenes, the chief man of the synagogue, were beating him before the tribunal, and not even for these things was Gallio caring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:30 - All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:19 - And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, 'What is that which thou hast to tell me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:12 - be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:19 - treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:16 - for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

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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 of My taking them by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt -- because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord, --
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