Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
κατα-λαμβάνω (G2638)
15 κατα-λαμβάνω , [in LXX for נשׂג hi., לכד , etc.;] to lay hold of , seize , appropriate : Mk 9:18 ; c. acc. rei, I Co 9:24 , Phl 3:12 , 13 . to overtake : as carrel. of διώκω (Field, Notes , 158 f.), Ro 9:30 ; ἡ ἡμέρα , I Th 5:4 ; of evils, Jo 1:5 12:35 (cf. 6:17 T); hence, to surprise , discover : Jo 8:[3 , 4] , Of mental action, to apprehend , comprehend ; so mid., in NT (M, Pr. , 158): Eph 3:18 ; seq. ὅτι , Ac 4:13 10:34 ; c. acc. et inf., Ac 25:25 (MM, Exp. , xv).†
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