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καταλαμβάνω

MainId: 002650000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2638

AlternateLemmas: καταλαμβάνομαι

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'It is difficult to determine the extent to which καταλαμβάνω[e] should be classified as a figurative extension of meaning. The average Greek speaker would probably be no more aware of this figurative significance of καταλαμβάνω than an English speaker would be aware of the figurative background in the term understand.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002650001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: καταλαμβάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: aor.

      Realizations: κατέλαβον

   2. Lemma: καταλαμβάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: pf.

      Realizations: κατείληφα

   3. Lemma: καταλαμβάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: pf.pass.

      Realizations: κατείλημμαι

   4. Lemma: καταλαμβάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: aor.pass.

      Realizations: κατελήμφθην

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'λαμβάνω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002650001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 57.56

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

      LEXSubDomains: Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to acquire, with the implication of significant effort

         Glosses: ['to acquire', 'to attain', 'to obtain', 'to take']

      LEXReferences: ROM 9:30, 1COR 9:24, PHP 3:12, PHP 3:12, PHP 3:13

   2. LEXID: 002650001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.48

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Attack

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to attack, with the implication of gaining control over

         Glosses: ['to attack', 'to overpower']

         Comments: The attack upon a person by a demon is often expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to ride a person,’ ‘to seize a person’s mind,’ or ‘to grab a person’s inner life.’

      LEXReferences: MARK 9:18, 1TH 5:4

   3. LEXID: 002650001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 37.108

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Control, Rule

      LEXSubDomains: Seize, Take into Custody

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to seize and take control of

         Glosses: ['to catch', 'to seize', 'to arrest']

         Comments: In a number of languages it may be inappropriate to translate καταλαμβάνω in {S:04300800300022} as ‘to catch,’ since this would imply that the woman was running. A much more satisfactory rendering may be simply ‘to arrest’ or ‘to place under arrest.’

      LEXReferences: YHN 8:3, YHN 8:4, 1TH 5:4

   4. LEXID: 002650001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 37.19

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Control, Rule

      LEXSubDomains: Control, Restrain

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to gain control over

         Glosses: ['to overcome', 'to gain control of']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand καταλαμβάνω in {S:04300100500026} as meaning ‘to understand’ (see {D:32.18}).

      LEXReferences: YHN 1:5, YHN 12:35, 1TH 5:4

   5. LEXID: 002650001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 32.18

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Understand

      LEXSubDomains: Come To Understand

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:καταλαμβάνω}[d] ‘to overcome,’ {D:37.19}){N:001} to come to understand something which was not understood or perceived previously

         Glosses: ['to understand', 'to realize', 'to grasp', 'to comprehend']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand καταλαμβάνω in {S:04300100500026} in the sense of ‘to overcome’ (see {D:37.19}). In {S:04300100500026} a word play involving both meanings may be intended, something which is typical of Johannine style.

      LEXReferences: YHN 1:5, ACTs 4:13, ACTs 10:34, EPH 3:18

   6. LEXID: 002650001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 27.10

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Learn

      LEXSubDomains: Learn

      LEXForms: καταλαμβάνομαι[a]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to acquire definite information, with the possible implication of effort

         Glosses: ['to learn about', 'to find', 'to find out about', 'to discover']

      LEXReferences: ACTs 25:25

   7. LEXID: 002650001007000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 13.119

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: Happen

      LEXForms: καταλαμβάνομαι[b]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-21 11:36:12

         DefinitionShort: to happen to someone or something, with the implication of an event which is undesirable

         Glosses: ['to happen to', 'to come upon', 'to overtake']

      LEXReferences: 1TH 5:4