ἘΠΕΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΤΟ, ἐπελαμβανετο
EPELAMBANETO, epelambaneto
Sounds Like: eh-peh-LAM-bah-neh-toh
Translations: he was taking hold of, he was laying hold of, he was seizing, he was helping, he was taking, he was catching
From the root: ΕΠΙΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (epi), meaning "upon" or "on," and the verb ΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΜΑΙ (lambanomai), meaning "to take" or "to seize." The combination implies taking hold of something, often with the nuance of seizing, grasping, or even helping someone by taking hold of them. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle Voice, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 15:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΛΛΑΒΟΜΕΝΟΙ — taking hold of, seizing, laying hold of, helping, assisting, apprehending
- ἘΠΙΛΑΒΟΥ — take hold of, lay hold of, seize, grasp, catch, help, assist, take part in
- ΕΠΕΛΑΒΕ — he took hold of, he took, he caught, he seized, he helped
- ΕΠΙΛΑΒΟΥ — take hold of, lay hold of, seize, grasp, help, assist, obtain, attain
- ΕΠΙΛΗΜΠΤΕΥΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to take hold of, to seize, to lay hold of, to help, to assist
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