Epilambanō ἐπιλαμβάνω

Epilambanō (Greek ἐπιλαμβάνω, Strong's G1949) is a Greek verb meaning “to catch”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Epilambanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 14:31
  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”

Mark

• Mark 8:23
  And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.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.

Luke

• Luke 9:47
  And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.
• Luke 14:4
  And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
• Luke 20:20
  And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.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.
• Luke 20:26
  And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
• Luke 23:26
  And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.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.

Acts

• Acts 9:27
  But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.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.
• Acts 16:19
  And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,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.
• Acts 17:19
  And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?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?
• Acts 18:17
  Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.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.
• Acts 21:30
  And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.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.
• Acts 21:33
  Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.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.
• Acts 23:19
  Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 6:12
  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.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.
• 1 Timothy 6:19
  Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 2:16
  For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.
• Hebrews 8:9
  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).