G1949 · ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambánomai · take, lay hold on
G1949 (epilambánomai) is the Greek word ἐπιλαμβάνομαι in Strong’s dictionary: to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose. It appears 19 times in 18 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (Greek)
- Transliteration
- epilambánomai
- Derivation
- middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);
- Definition
- to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
- Rendered in the KJV
- catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on)
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
19 occurrences in 18 verses (16 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “they seized” ×2
- “took” ×2
- “He helps” ×1
- “He took” ×1
- “Jesus took hold of the man” ×1
- “Take hold” ×1
- “They seized” ×1
- “and arrested” ×1
By book
Matthew 1 · Mark 1 · Luke 5 · Acts 7 · 1 Timothy 2 · Hebrews 2
Verses
- Matthew 14:31
- Mark 8:23
- Luke 9:47
- Luke 14:4
- Luke 20:20
- Luke 20:26
- Luke 23:26
- Acts 9:27
- Acts 16:19
- Acts 17:19
- Acts 18:17
- Acts 21:30
- Acts 21:33
- Acts 23:19
- 1 Timothy 6:12
- 1 Timothy 6:19
- Hebrews 2:16
- Hebrews 8:9
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G1949.