Words the Bible translates as comprehend
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- katalambanōκαταλαμβάνωto lay hold of and make your own: to reach and seize a goal you have been chasing.
+3 more meanings
- to 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.
- to grasp with the mind: to come to realize, perceive, or understand something.
- to catch someone in the act, especially of wrongdoing.
- suniēmiσυνίημιto understand: to put the pieces together in the mind and grasp what something means
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Every English meaning beginning with C is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.