Words the Bible translates as catch
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- lambanōλαμβάνωto take or receive: to get something into your hands or into your possession, whether by reaching for it or by accepting what someone gives you
- katalambanōκαταλαμβάνωto overtake and seize by force: to catch up with someone or something and take hold of it, often as an enemy or a disaster does.
+3 more meanings
- to lay hold of and make your own: to reach and seize a goal you have been chasing.
- to grasp with the mind: to come to realize, perceive, or understand something.
- to catch someone in the act, especially of wrongdoing.
- epilambanōἐπιλαμβάνωto take hold of: to reach out and grasp a person or thing, usually by the hand, taking it into one's grip
- taphasתָּפַשׂto lay hold of: to grip something or someone firmly, often by force, so as to take, seize, or hold it fast
- thēreuōθηρεύωto hunt/catchnot studied yet
- tsudצוּדto hunt: to chase down and catch prey, whether a wild animal or a person pursued like game
+1 more meaning
- to take provisions: to stock oneself with food and supplies for a journey
- piazōπιάζωto get hold of someone or something so it cannot get away: to grip, seize, or catch
- drassomaiδράσσομαιto catchnot studied yet
- agreuōἀγρεύωto catchnot studied yet
- ḥataphחָטַףto catchnot studied yet
- agraἄγραcatchnot studied yet
- ḥalatחָלַטto catchnot studied yet
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