ἘΠΙΛΑΒΕΣΘΑΙ, ἐπιλαβεσθαι
EPILABESTHAI, epilabesthai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-lah-BES-thai
Translations: to take hold of, to seize, to grasp, to lay hold of, to help, to assist
From the root: ἘΠΙΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Infinitive Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning to take hold of, often with the implication of seizing or grasping firmly. It can also be used in the sense of helping or assisting someone by taking hold of them or their situation. It is formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (upon, over) and the verb ΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ (to take, to receive).
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 20:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΛΑΒΟΜΕΝΟΝ — taking hold of, laying hold of, seizing, grasping, catching, apprehending
- ἘΠΙΛΗΜΠΤΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to be seized, to be taken, to be caught, to be afflicted, to be overcome, to be attacked
- ἘΠΙΛΗΜΨΕΙ — you will take, you will lay hold of, you will seize, you will grasp, you will apprehend
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