ἐπιλαμβάνω
epilambanō
to catch
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Occurrences in Scripture
19 total occurrences across the text
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Mark 8:23He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
Luke 9:47Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,
Luke 14:4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
Luke 20:20They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
Luke 20:26They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
Luke 23:26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
Acts 9:27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
Acts 17:19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
Acts 18:17Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
Acts 21:30All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
Acts 21:33Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
Acts 23:19The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:19laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
Hebrews 2:16For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.
Hebrews 2:16For most certainly, he doesn’t give help to angels, but he gives help to the offspring of Abraham.
Hebrews 8:9not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.