Lexicon :: Strong's G2902 - krateō

But he hesitated. Because of the LORD’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. They brought him out and left him outside the city.

“Get up, help the boy up, and grasp his hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

“At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.

“We captured all his cities at that time. There wasn’t a city that we didn’t take from them: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,

So Gideon sent all the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred troops, who took the provisions and their rams’ horns. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them. He captured these two kings of Midian and routed the entire army.

And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she[fn] went into the town.

When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the corner of his robe, and it tore.

“I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur,[fn] strike it down, and kill it.

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men with him did the same.

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.[fn]

During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner kept acquiring more power in the house of Saul.

“May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle,[fn] or someone who falls by the sword or starves.”

When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled.

Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother? ” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.

“each priest is to take it from his assessor[fn] and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”[fn]

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” Joab said, “then you’ll be my help. However, if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I’ll help you.

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral families,[fn] according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those twenty years old or more for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be three hundred thousand fit young men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old[fn] Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

After him Uzziel son of Harhaiah, the goldsmith, made repairs, and next to him Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

Next to him the Tekoites made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of this wall, and all my subordinates were gathered there for the work. We didn’t buy any land.

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.

If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one!

If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?[fn]

He obscures the view of his throne,

spreading his cloud over it.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;

he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Therefore, pride is their necklace,

and violence covers them like a garment.