Greek Word Study
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambánomai
G1949
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G1949
KJV Translations
catchlay hold (up-)ontake (byhold ofon)
Derivation / Root
middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);
Definition of epilambánomai
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (epilambánomai) — to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
Word Origin
This word comes middle voice from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2983 (λαμβάνω); See the root words: G1909 (ἐπί), G2983 (λαμβάνω).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (epilambánomai) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ἐπιλαμβάνομαι.
ἐπί
epí
G1909
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
λαμβάνω
lambánō
G2983
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
ἀνεπίληπτος
anepílēptos
G423
not arrested, i.e. (by implication) inculpable
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