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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.
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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 - “Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - So Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains, and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountains of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get 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 Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing;
you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - Then Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:23 - “But if you do not do so, then take note, 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 - “lest the avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated the victim in time past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - “Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - So those in ambush arose quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it, and hurried to set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - “And do not stay there yourselves, but pursue your enemies, and attack their rear guard. 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 - Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and seized the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - So David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, “because,” they said, “he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks,[fn] bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took strong cities and a rich land,
And possessed houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

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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 me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 - Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:17 - Who forsakes 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,
Nor do they regain the paths of life—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

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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 takes a city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

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

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