G1949 – epilambanomai – ἐπιλαμβάνομαι – catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on)
- Strong’s ID:
- G1949
- Greek Word:
- ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
- Transliteration:
- epilambanomai
- Pronunciation:
- ep-ee-lam-ban’-om-ahee
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 19
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- Find “epilambanomai” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
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).
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to
1a) to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands, to take hold of, lay hold of
1b) metaphorically to rescue one from peril, to help, succour
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.