ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΛΑΒΟΝ, προκατελαβον
PROKATELABON, prokatelabon
Sounds Like: pro-ka-teh-LAH-bon
Translations: they seized beforehand, they occupied beforehand, they took possession beforehand, they anticipated
From the root: ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from πρό (before), κατά (down, against), and λαμβάνω (to take, seize). It describes the action of taking possession of something or occupying a place before others can, or anticipating an event. It implies a proactive and often strategic seizure or occupation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4291 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 7:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΕΙΝ — to seize beforehand, to anticipate, to surprise, to preoccupy, to take possession of beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΕΣΘΑΙ — to seize beforehand, to take possession of beforehand, to anticipate, to surprise, to pre-occupy, to come upon, to overtake
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΕΤΩΣΑΝ — let them come upon beforehand, let them seize beforehand, let them anticipate, let them surprise
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΗ — take beforehand, seize beforehand, anticipate, surprise, come upon, overtake
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΗΤΑΙ — take possession of, seize, get ahead of, anticipate, surprise, pre-occupy
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΟΙΕΝ — they might seize beforehand, they might anticipate, they might pre-occupy, they might take possession of beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΟΜΕΝΟΣ — having taken possession beforehand, having seized beforehand, having anticipated, having come upon, having surprised, having preoccupied
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΟΥ — seize beforehand, take possession of, surprise, anticipate, come upon, overtake
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΩΜΑΙ — I may seize beforehand, I may take possession of beforehand, I may anticipate
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΩΝΤΑΙ — they may seize beforehand, they may anticipate, they may surprise, they may come upon unawares
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΙ — he anticipates, he seizes beforehand, he surprises, he pre-occupies, he takes possession of beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to take beforehand, to seize beforehand, to surprise, to anticipate, to preoccupy
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΤΩ — let him take beforehand, let him seize beforehand, let him surprise, let him anticipate, let him pre-occupy
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ — to take beforehand, to anticipate, to seize first, to surprise, to pre-occupy, to come upon unawares
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΗΦΘΕΙΗ — might be overtaken, might be seized beforehand, might be surprised, might be apprehended, might be preoccupied
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΛΗΨΕΤΑΙ — will seize beforehand, will anticipate, will surprise, will apprehend, will pre-occupy
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΑ — preconceived, preoccupied, prejudiced, taken beforehand, seized beforehand, anticipated
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΗΝ — preoccupied, taken beforehand, seized beforehand, anticipated, apprehended, taken possession of
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΟΙ — preoccupied, prejudiced, taken beforehand, seized beforehand, anticipated, apprehended, taken possession of
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΟΥ — of having been seized beforehand, of having been preoccupied, of having been taken possession of beforehand, of having been apprehended beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΟΥΣ — preoccupied, prejudiced, prepossessed, taken beforehand, seized beforehand, anticipated
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΠΤΑΙ — it has been seized beforehand, it has been taken beforehand, it has been occupied beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΠΤΟ — was taken beforehand, was seized beforehand, was preoccupied, was prejudiced
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΦΘΑΙ — to be preoccupied, to be prejudiced, to be apprehended beforehand, to be seized beforehand, to be taken beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΦΟΤΕΣ — having taken beforehand, having seized beforehand, having preoccupied, having anticipated
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΦΟΤΟΣ — having seized beforehand, having taken possession of beforehand, having anticipated, having preoccupied, having surprised
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΛΑΒΕ — he seized beforehand, he occupied, he took possession of, he anticipated
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΛΑΒΟΝΤΟ — they seized beforehand, they occupied beforehand, they took possession beforehand, they anticipated, they surprised
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΕΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝ — preoccupy, seize beforehand, take possession of first, anticipate, surprise
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