Words

ἐπιλαμβάνω G1949

Home gloss

take hold of

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

took hold / had taken hold / taking hold

Note

Middle, with the genitive: Matt 14:31; Heb 2:16 "he takes hold of the seed of Abraham." "Grasp" is κρατέω's

Rulings

2

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 25 (Septuagint)

• 25:26 And after that his brother went out, and his hand having taken hold of the heel of Esau; and he called his name Jacob. Now Isaac was of sixty years when Rebekah bore them.