to grasp

Greek Verb

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)

to grasp

Greek Verb

καταλαμβάνω, future -λήψομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect -λάμψομαι[Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect -είληφα[Refs 5th c.BC+] c.BC)), -λελάβηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist -ελάμφθην[Refs]; -ελάφθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect in middle sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—seize, lay hold of, with accusative, τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντα φυλακαῖς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φάσκων Ποσειδῶ πρότερον Ἀθηνᾶς καταλαβεῖν αὐτήν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, simply, arrive at a place, [Refs 6th c.AD+], etc:—middle, seize for oneself, τὰ πρήγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο matters which others had not preoccupied, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, of a person, ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καταληφθείς possessed, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] 2) of death, fatigue, disaster, etc, τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὄσσε ἔλλαβε. θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; befall, overtake, συμφορὰ κ. πόλεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα φεύγοντας ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος κακὰ ἐπίδοξα καταλαμβάνειν may be expected to befall them,[Refs]: followed by infinitive, νοῦσός τινα κ. νοσῆσαι [Refs]; πρίν τι ἀνήκεστον ἡμᾶς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of good fortune, τοῦτον κατέλαβε εὐτυχίη τις [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) seize with the mind, comprehend, [NT+5th c.BC+] (perhaps overcome); κάλλος διὰ τῆς [ὄψεως] [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, [NT+1st c.BC+]:— passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 4) accept, παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως. δωροδοκήματα uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) catch, overtake, come up with, τοὺς φεύγοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) find on arrival, with participle, τινὰ ζῶντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; detect, ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ ἐμαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κατελήφθη σοῦ λάθρᾳ πωλῶν τὰ σά [NT+5th c.BC+]; to be taken by surprise, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III) impersonal, καταλαμβάνει τινά with infinitive, it happens to one, it is one's fortune to, καταλαμβάνει μιν φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) absolutely, πρὸς τὴν καταλαβοῦσαν συμφορήν that had befallen, [Refs]; τὰ καταλαβόντα, ={τὰ συμβάντα}, what had happened, the circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς νυκτὸς -λαμβανούσης as night was coming on, [Refs 1st c.BC+] V) hold down, cover, τῇ Χειρὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; fasten down, κ. πῶμα γόμφοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (so in middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be compressed, opposed to διαλύεσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.2) keep under, repress, check, κ. τινῶν αὐξανομένην τὴν δύναμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὸ πῦρ get it under,[Refs]; κ. τὰς διαφοράς put an end to them, [Refs].; κ. ἐρίζοντας stop their quarrelling, [Refs]: followed by infinitive, κ. τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ταῦτα μὴ ποιέειν [Refs]; ὁ τῶν Περσέων θάνατος καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη inquiries about their death being checked. , [Refs] V.2.b) κ. τὸ πνεῦμα hold the breath, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V.3) bind, κ. πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, εἴ τινι -λέλαμμαι ὅρκῳ [Refs]; νόμοις, ἔθεσι κατειλημμένα enforced, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὰς σπονδὰς] ηὗρε κατειλημμένας he found the treaty concluded, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.4) compel, constrain one to do, with infinitive, ἀναγκαίη μιν κ. φαίνειν forces him to bring out the truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἀναγκαίῃ καταλαμβανόμενος being constrained, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.5) convict, condemn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπολύειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the prosecutor, secure a conviction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ -λαβών [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively); apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take; from g2596 (κατά) and g2983 (λαμβάνω)