# G2638 καταλαμβάνω

καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō), Strong’s G2638: to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively) KJV: apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take…

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*katalambánō* — to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively)

KJV: apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [λαμβάνω lambánō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2983) (while G138)

Occurs 98 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 9:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/9?v=18) — and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked…
- [John 1:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/1?v=5) — The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
- [John 8:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/8?v=3) — The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
- [John 8:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/8?v=4) — they told him, “Rabbi, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
- [John 12:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/12?v=35) — Yeshua therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness…
- [Acts 4:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/4?v=13) — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and Yochanan, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they…
- [Acts 10:34](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=34) — Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
- [Romans 9:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=30) — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the…
- [1 Corinthians 9:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/9?v=24) — Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
- [Ephesians 3:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/ephesians/3?v=18) — may be strengthened to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the width and length and height and depth,