Strong's Greek: 2638. καταλαμβάνω (katalambanó) -- to lay hold of, seize

Strong's Concordance

katalambanó: to lay hold of, seize

Original Word: καταλαμβάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katalambanó
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-am-ban'-o)
Short Definition: I seize tight hold of, overtake, comprehend
Definition: (a) I seize tight hold of, arrest, catch, capture, appropriate, (b) I overtake, (c) mid. aor: I perceived, comprehended.

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2638 katalambánō (from 2596 /katá, "down, according to," which intensifies 2983 /lambánō, "aggressively take") – properly, take hold of exactly, with decisive initiative (eager self-interest); to grasp something in a forceful (firm) manner; (figuratively) to apprehend (comprehend), "making it one's own."

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2638: καταλαμβάνω

καταλαμβάνω: 2 aorist κατέλαβον; perfect infinitive κατειληφέναι; passive, perfect 3 person singular κατείληπται (John 8:4 as given in L T Tr WH text), perfect participle κατειλημμένος; 1 aorist κατειληφθην (John 8:4 Rst bez elz G) (on the augment cf. Winer's Grammar, § 12, 6), and κατελήφθην (Philippians 3:12 R G), and κατελήμφθην (ibid. L T Tr WH; on the mu μ' see under the word Mu); middle, present καταλαμβάνομαι; 2 aorist κατελαβόμην; cf. Kühner, i., p. 856; (Veitch, under the word λαμβάνω); the Sept. for הִשִּׂיג, לָכַד, also for מָצָא, etc.; (from Homer down); to lay hold of; i. e.:

1. to lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to: with the accusative of the thing; the prize of victory, 1 Corinthians 9:24; Philippians 3:12f; τήν δικαιοσύνην, Romans 9:30; equivalent to to make one's own, to take into oneself, appropriate: ἡ σκοτία αὐτό (i. e. τό φῶς) οὐ κατέλαβεν, John 1:5.

2. to seize upon, take possession of (Latinoccupare);

a. of evils overtaking one (so in Greek writings from Homer down): τινα σκοτία, John 12:35; (so physically, John 6:17 Tdf.); of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction, 1 Thessalonians 5:4; of a demon about to torment one, Mark 9:18.

b. in a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern it, Philippians 3:12.

3. to detect, catch: τινα ἐν τίνι, in passive John 8:3 (WH ἐπί τίνι); with a participle indicating the crime, John 8:4.

4. to lay hold of with the mind; to understand, perceive, learn, comprehend (Plato, Phaedr., p. 250d.; Axioch., p. 370a.; Polybius 8, 4, 6; Philo, vita contempl. § 10; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 5, 46); middle (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 2, 66; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 253 (238))), followed by ὅτι, Acts 4:13; Acts 10:34; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Acts 25:25; followed by indirect discourse, Ephesians 3:18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From kata and lambano; to take eagerly, i.e. Seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively) -- apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK lambano

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Strong's Greek 2638
15 Occurrences

καταλάβῃ — 3 Occ.
καταλάβητε — 1 Occ.
καταλαβέσθαι — 1 Occ.
καταλάβω — 1 Occ.
καταλαβόμενοι — 1 Occ.
καταλαμβάνομαι — 1 Occ.
κατειλημμένην — 1 Occ.
κατειληφέναι — 1 Occ.
κατείληπται — 1 Occ.
κατέλαβεν — 2 Occ.
κατελαβόμην — 1 Occ.
κατελήμφθην — 1 Occ.

Mark 9:18 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ἐὰν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ ῥήσσει αὐτόν
NAS: and whenever it seizes him, it slams
KJV: wheresoever he taketh him,
INT: if him it seizes it throws down him

John 1:5 V-AIA-3S
GRK: αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν
NAS: and the darkness did not comprehend it.
KJV: and the darkness comprehended it not.
INT: it not overcame

John 8:3 V-RPM/P-AFS
GRK: ἐπὶ μοιχείᾳ κατειλημμένην καὶ στήσαντες
NAS: a woman caught in adultery,
KJV: him a woman taken in adultery;
INT: in adultery having been caught and having set

John 8:4 V-RIM/P-3S
GRK: ἡ γυνὴ κατείληπται ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ
NAS: woman has been caught in adultery,
KJV: woman was taken in adultery,
INT: woman was taken in the very act

John 12:35 V-ASA-3S
GRK: σκοτία ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ καὶ ὁ
NAS: that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks
KJV: lest darkness come upon you: for
INT: darkness you might overtake And he who

Acts 4:13 V-APM-NMP
GRK: Ἰωάννου καὶ καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι
NAS: and John and understood that they were uneducated
KJV: John, and perceived that they were
INT: of John and having understood that men

Acts 10:34 V-PIM-1S
GRK: Ἐπ' ἀληθείας καταλαμβάνομαι ὅτι οὐκ
NAS: certainly understand [now] that God
KJV: Of a truth I perceive that God
INT: certainly truth I understand that not

Acts 25:25 V-AIM-1S
GRK: ἐγὼ δὲ κατελαβόμην μηδὲν ἄξιον
NAS: But I found that he had committed
KJV: But when I found that he had committed
INT: I moreover having understood nothing worthy

Romans 9:30 V-AIA-3S
GRK: διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην κατέλαβεν δικαιοσύνην δικαιοσύνην
NAS: righteousness, attained righteousness,
KJV: after righteousness, have attained to righteousness,
INT: follow after righteousness attained righteousness righteousness

1 Corinthians 9:24 V-ASA-2P
GRK: τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε
NAS: Run in such a way that you may win.
KJV: run, that ye may obtain.
INT: run that you might obtain [it]

Ephesians 3:18 V-ANM
GRK: ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσιν
NAS: may be able to comprehend with all
KJV: May be able to comprehend with all
INT: that you might be fully able to apprehend with all

Philippians 3:12 V-ASA-1S
GRK: εἰ καὶ καταλάβω ἐφ' ᾧ
NAS: on so that I may lay hold
KJV: if that I may apprehend that for
INT: if also I might lay hold for which

Philippians 3:12 V-AIP-1S
GRK: ᾧ καὶ κατελήμφθην ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ
NAS: that I may lay hold of that for which
KJV: which also I am apprehended of Christ
INT: which also I was laid hold of by Christ

Philippians 3:13 V-RNA
GRK: οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι ἓν δέ
NAS: myself as having laid hold of [it] yet;
KJV: myself to have apprehended: but
INT: not do reckon to have laid hold one thing moreover

1 Thessalonians 5:4 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ὡς κλέπτης καταλάβῃ
NAS: that the day would overtake you like
KJV: that that day should overtake you as
INT: as a thief should overtake