κατα-λαμβάνω [in LXX for נָשַׂג hi., לָכַד, etc. ;] 1. to lap hold of, seize, appropriate: Mrk.9:18; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.9:24, Php.3:12-13 2. to overtake: as carrel, of διώκω (Field, Notes, 158 f.), Rom.9:30; ἡ ἡμέρα, 1Th.5:4; of evils, Jhn.1:5 12:35 (cf. 617 T); hence, to surprise, discover: Jhn.8:3-4], 3. Of mental action, to apprehend, comprehend; so mid., in NT (M, Pr., 158): Eph.3:18; before ὅτι, Act.4:13 10:34; with accusative and inf., Act.25:25 (MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)
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G2638 — καταλαμβάνω
katalambanō · to grasp · Greek
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Mark 9:18 · καταλάβῃ,and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.’John 1:5 · κατέλαβεν.¶and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.John 12:35 · καταλάβῃ·Jesus, therefore, said to them, ‘Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;Acts 4:13 · καταλαβόμενοιAnd beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering—they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been—Acts 10:34 · καταλαμβάνομαιAnd Peter having opened his mouth, said, ‘Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,Acts 25:25 · κατελαβόμηνand I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,Romans 9:30 · κατέλαβενWhat, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,1 Corinthians 9:24 · καταλάβητε.have ye not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;Ephesians 3:18 · καταλαβέσθαιthat ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,Philippians 3:12 · καταλάβω · κατελήμφθηνNot that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;Philippians 3:13 · κατειληφέναι·brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing—the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth—1 Thessalonians 5:4 · καταλάβῃ·and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;