STRONGS G2638:
καταλαμβάνω: 2 aorist
κατέλαβον; perfect infinitive
κατειληφέναι; passive, perfect 3 person singular
κατείληπται (
John 8:4 as given in
L T Tr WH text), perfect participle
κατειλημμένος; 1 aorist
κατειληφθην (
John 8:4 Rst bez elz G) (on the augment cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 12, 6), and
κατελήφθην (
Philippians 3:12 R G), and
κατελήμφθην (ibid.
L T Tr WH; on the mu
μ' see under the word Mu); middle, present
καταλαμβάνομαι; 2 aorist
κατελαβόμην; cf. Kühner, i., p. 856; (
Veitch, under the word
λαμβάνω); the
Sept. for
הִשִּׂיג,
לָכַד, also for
מָצָא, etc.; (from
Homer down);
to lay hold of; i. e.:
1. to lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to: with the accusative of the thing; the prize of victory,
1 Corinthians 9:24;
Philippians 3:12f;
τήν δικαιοσύνην,
Romans 9:30; equivalent to
to make one's own, to take into oneself, appropriate:
ἡ σκοτία αὐτό (i. e.
τό φῶς)
οὐ κατέλαβεν,
John 1:5.
2. to seize upon, take possession of (Latin
occupare);
a. of evils overtaking one (so in Greek writings from
Homer down):
τινα σκοτία,
John 12:35; (so physically,
John 6:17 Tdf.); of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction,
1 Thessalonians 5:4; of a demon about to torment one,
Mark 9:18.
b. in a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern it,
Philippians 3:12.
3. to detect, catch:
τινα ἐν τίνι, in passive
John 8:3 (
WH ἐπί τίνι); with a participle indicating the crime,
John 8:4.
4. to lay hold of with the mind; to understand, perceive, learn, comprehend (
Plato, Phaedr., p. 250d.; Axioch., p. 370a.;
Polybius 8, 4, 6;
Philo, vita contempl. § 10;
Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 5, 46); middle (
Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 2, 66; (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 253 (238))), followed by
ὅτι,
Acts 4:13;
Acts 10:34; followed by the accusative with an infinitive,
Acts 25:25; followed by indirect discourse,
Ephesians 3:18.
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