Strong's #1949: epilambanomai (pronounced ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee)

middle voice from 1909 and 2983; to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively):--catch, lay hold (up-)on, take (by, hold of, on).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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epilambanomai

1) to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to

1a) to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands, to take hold of, lay hold of

1b) metaphorically to rescue one from peril, to help, succour

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice from G1909 and G2983

Usage:

This word is used 19 times:

 

Matthew 14:31: "Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him,"
Mark 8:23: "And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him"
Luke 9:47: "thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by"
Luke 14:4: "they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;"
Luke 20:20: "themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him"
Luke 20:26: "And they could not take hold of his words before the"
Luke 23:26: "And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,"
Acts 9:27: "But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles,"
Acts 16:19: "of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew"
Acts 17:19: "And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May"
Acts 18:17: "all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat"
Acts 21:30: "people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him"
Acts 21:33: "the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound"
Acts 23:19: "Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and"
1 Timothy 6:12: "good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto"
1 Timothy 6:19: "the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."
Hebrews 2:16: "For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed"
Hebrews 2:16: "he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham."
Hebrews 8:9: "in the day when I took them by the hand to lead"