# G1949 ἐπιλαμβάνομαι

ἐπιλαμβάνομαι (epilambánomai), Strong’s G1949: to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively) KJV: catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on). Occurs 19…

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*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](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [λαμβάνω lambánō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2983) (while G138)

Occurs 19 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 14:31](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/9?v=47) — Yeshua, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,
- [Luke 14:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/14?v=4) — But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
- [Luke 20:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/20?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/9?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/16?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/17?v=19) — They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are…