Greek verb · G1949
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambanomaiep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee
to catch
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epilambánomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1949is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1949
to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epilambanomai is rendered "to catch". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 14:31Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:31ἐπελάβετο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Having taken hold3
- having taken hold of3
- He helps2
- do lay hold1
- having laid hold1
- having laid hold on1
- Having seized1
- having taken1
- laid hold1
- of having taken hold of1
- they may catch1
- they may take hold1
and 2 more, 19 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιλανθάνομαι | epilanthanomai | to forget | Uses8 |
| ἐπιλύω | epilyo | to explain | Uses2 |
| ἐπιλέγομαι | epilegomai | to call/choose | Uses2 |
| ἐπιλείπω | epileipo | be insufficient | Uses1 |
| ἐπίλυσις | epilysis | explanation | Uses1 |
| ἐπίλοιπος | epiloipos | remaining | Uses1 |
| ἐπιλησμονή | epilesmone | forgetfulness | Uses1 |
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπιλαβόμενος5
- ἐπιλαβόμενοι4
- ἐπελάβετο2
- ἐπιλάβωνται2
- ἐπιλαμβάνεται2
- ἐπιλαβέσθαι1
- Ἐπιλαβόμενοί1
- ἐπιλαβομένου1
- ἐπιλαβοῦ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural5V-2ADP-NPM
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-2ADP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2ADI-3S
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person plural2V-2ADS-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PNI-3S
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singular1V-2ADM-2S
- verb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2ADN
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-2ADP-GSM
Matthew
one use
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
- ἐπελάβετοepelabetoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took hold
Mark
one use
So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken hold of
Luke
five uses
But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken hold of
But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken hold
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
- ἐπιλάβωνταιepilabontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may catch
And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
- ἐπιλαβέσθαιepilabesthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to catch Him in
As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having laid hold on
Acts
seven uses
Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken hold of
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
- Ἐπιλαβόμενοίepilabomenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having taken hold
At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.
- Ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having seized
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
- ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having laid hold
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- ἐπελάβετοepelabetoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: laid hold
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”
- ἐπιλαβόμενοςepilabomenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having taken hold
1 Timothy
two uses
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- ἐπιλαβοῦepilabouverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do lay hold
treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- ἐπιλάβωνταιepilabontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may take hold
Hebrews
three uses
For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
- ἐπιλαμβάνεταιepilambanetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He helps
- ἐπιλαμβάνεταιepilambanetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He helps
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- ἐπιλαβομένουepilabomenouverb · aorist middle form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of having taken hold of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.