epilambanomai · take hold of

What it means

epilambanomai (ἐπιλαμβάνομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “take hold of”.

Take by the hand; also help, care for someone.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To grip someone, or arrest them.
2. To trap someone by their words.
3. To take someone by the hand to help.
4. To hold firmly to something, like eternal life.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• took hold of ×4
• taking ×3
• he takes hold of ×2
• take hold ×2
• they seized ×2
• took ×2
• catch him in ×1
• seized ×1
• seizing ×1
• they might catch ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• Acts×7
• 1 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×3

• Matthew 14:31

  And at once Jesus, stretching out his hand, took hold of him and says to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

• Mark 8:23

  And taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, “Do you see anything?”

• Luke 9:47

  But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set it beside himself,

• Luke 14:4

  But they kept silent. And taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.

• Luke 20:20

  And watching him closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so that they might catch him in a word, so as to hand him over to the rule and the authority of the governor.

• Luke 20:26

  And they were not able to catch him in any saying in front of the people; and marveling at his answer, they fell silent.

• Luke 23:26

  And as they led him away, they seized a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

• Acts 9:27

  But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles, and he described to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

• Acts 16:19

  But when her masters saw that the hope of their profit had gone out, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

• Acts 17:19

  And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Can we know what this new teaching is that is being spoken by you?

• Acts 18:17

  And they all seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and were beating him in front of the judgment seat; and none of these things mattered to Gallio.

• Acts 21:30

  And the whole city was stirred up, and the people came running together; and seizing Paul, they were dragging him out of the temple, and at once the doors were shut.

• Acts 21:33

  Then the commander came near, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and he was inquiring who he was and what he had done.

• Acts 23:19

  And the commander, taking him by the hand and withdrawing privately, asked him, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

• 1 Timothy 6:12

  Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession before many witnesses.

• 1 Timothy 6:19

  storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that is real.

• Hebrews 2:16

  For surely it is not angels he takes hold of, but he takes hold of the offspring of Abraham.

• Hebrews 8:9

  not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

And 1 more times.