G1949 ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambánomai — to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
KJV: catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on)
Built from ἐπί epí (meaning superimposition) + λαμβάνω lambánō (while G138)
Occurs 19 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Matthew 14:31 — Immediately Yeshua stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
- Mark 8:23 — He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid…
- Luke 9:47 — Yeshua, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,
- Luke 14:4 — But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
- Luke 20:20 — They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so…
- Luke 20:26 — They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
- Luke 23:26 — When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry…
- Acts 9:27 — But Barnabas took him and brought him to the emissaries, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and…
- Acts 16:19 — But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the…
- Acts 17:19 — They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are…