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Apprehend

Apprehend ap-re-hend': Occurs in the New Testament in two meanings: "to arrest" (piazo; Act 12:4, 2Co 11:32 the Revised Version (British and American), "take"); and "to seize," "grasp," "take into one's posses...

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Apprehend ap-re-hend': Occurs in the New Testament in two meanings: "to arrest" (piazo; Act 12:4, 2Co 11:32 the Revised Version (British and American), "take"); and "to seize," "grasp," "take into one's possession," "attain," "inquire eagerly" (katalambano, the American Standard Revised Version "laid hold on," "laid fast hold of," Phi 3:12, Phi 3:13, Eph 3:18). In Joh 1:5, "The darkness apprehended it not," the Revised Version, margin gives "overcame not." See COMPREHEND.

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