Words the Bible translates as overtake
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- 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.
- davaqדָּבַקto stick fast to something and not let go: to cling, hold tight, or stay glued
- nasagנָשַׂגto overtake or reach something that was ahead of or beyond you: to close the gap and arrive at it
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