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Lexicon :: Strong's G2638 - katalambanō

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καταλαμβάνω
Transliteration
katalambanō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-al-am-ban'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
15x in 12 unique form(s) TR
15x in 12 unique form(s) LXX
72x in 25 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:9,495

Strong’s Definitions

καταλαμβάνω katalambánō, kat-al-am-ban'-o; from G2596 and G2983; to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively):—apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G2638 in the following manner: take (3x), apprehend (3x), comprehend (2x), perceive (2x), come upon (1x), attain (1x), find (1x), overtake (1x), obtain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G2638 in the following manner: take (3x), apprehend (3x), comprehend (2x), perceive (2x), come upon (1x), attain (1x), find (1x), overtake (1x), obtain (1x).

  1. to lay hold of

    1. to lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to, to make one's own, to take into one's self, appropriate

    2. to seize upon, take possession of

      1. of evils overtaking one, of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction, of a demon about to torment one

      2. in a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern it

    3. to detect, catch

    4. to lay hold of with the mind

      1. to understand, perceive, learn, comprehend

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταλαμβάνω katalambánō, kat-al-am-ban'-o; from G2596 and G2983; to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively):—apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.
STRONGS G2638:
καταλαμβάνω: 2 aorist κατέλαβον; perfect infinitive κατειληφέναι; passive, perfect 3 person singular κατείληπται (John 8:4 as given in L T Tr WH text), perfect participle κατειλημμένος; 1 aorist κατειληφθην (John 8:4 Rst bez elz G) (on the augment cf. Winer's Grammar, § 12, 6), and κατελήφθην (Philippians 3:12 R G), and κατελήμφθην (ibid. L T Tr WH; on the mu μ' see under the word Mu); middle, present καταλαμβάνομαι; 2 aorist κατελαβόμην; cf. Kühner, i., p. 856; (Veitch, under the word λαμβάνω); the Sept. for הִשִּׂיג, לָכַד, also for מָצָא, etc.; (from Homer down); to lay hold of; i. e.:
1. to lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to: with the accusative of the thing; the prize of victory, 1 Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:12f; τήν δικαιοσύνην, Romans 9:30; equivalent to to make one's own, to take into oneself, appropriate: ἡ σκοτία αὐτό (i. e. τό φῶς) οὐ κατέλαβεν, John 1:5.
2. to seize upon, take possession of (Latinoccupare);
a. of evils overtaking one (so in Greek writings from Homer down): τινα σκοτία, John 12:35; (so physically, John 6:17 Tdf.); of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction, 1 Thessalonians 5:4; of a demon about to torment one, Mark 9:18.
b. in a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern it, Philippians 3:12.
3. to detect, catch: τινα ἐν τίνι, in passive John 8:3 (WH ἐπί τίνι); with a participle indicating the crime, John 8:4.
4. to lay hold of with the mind; to understand, perceive, learn, comprehend (Plato, Phaedr., p. 250d.; Axioch., p. 370a.; Polybius 8, 4, 6; Philo, vita contempl. § 10; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 5, 46); middle (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 2, 66; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 253 (238))), followed by ὅτι, Acts 4:13; Acts 10:34; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Acts 25:25; followed by indirect discourse, Ephesians 3:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
9:18
John
1:5; 6:17; 8:3; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4; 12:35
Acts
4:13; 10:34; 25:25
Romans
9:30
1 Corinthians
9:24
Ephesians
3:18
Philippians
3:12; 3:12; 3:12
1 Thessalonians
5:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2638 matches the Greek καταλαμβάνω (katalambanō),
which occurs 72 times in 67 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:19–Isa 20:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the [fn]mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - then he took his [fn]kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his [fn]kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My [fn]desire shall be [fn]gratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will [fn]destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If what he stole is actually found alive in his [fn]possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - ‘Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your [fn]food to the full and live securely in your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:23 - “But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer [fn]in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [fn]take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - “But it shall come about, if you do not [fn]obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - “So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not [fn]obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - The men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and [fn]attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - Then Joshua turned back at that time, and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded [fn]beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and [fn]settled in it; and they called [fn]Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down [fn]against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:11 - When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - It came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘[fn]Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - At the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 [fn]cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with [fn]hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - “They captured fortified cities and a [fn]fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:24 - “He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has [fn]failed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 - Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:13 - We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:17 - That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:27 - He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Adversity pursues sinners,
But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that the [fn]commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,

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