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Koine Greek wordlink #62977

SR GNT Yhn 1:5 κατέλαβεν (katelaben) ‘darkness it not grasped’ Strongs=26380 Lemma=katalambanō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular

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Other uses (1) of identical word form κατέλαβεν (V-IAA3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κατέλαβεν’ (V-IAA3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘grasped’.

Rom 9:30 ‘not pursuing righteousness grasped righteousness righteousness and’ SR GNT Rom 9:30 word 10

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘katalambanō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘having grasped’, ‘may grasp’, ‘to grasp’, ‘to_have grasped it’, ‘I am grasping’, ‘I may grasp’, ‘I was grasped’, ‘it may grasp’, ‘you_all may grasp it’, ‘grasped’.

Greek words (4) other than κατέλαβεν (V-IAA3..S) with a gloss related to ‘grasped’

ACTs 4:13 καταλαβόμενοι (katalabomenoi) V-PAM.NMP ‘and of Yōannaʸs and having grasped that men illiterate’ SR GNT Acts 4:13 word 10

ACTs 25:25 κατελαβόμην (katelabomaʸn) V-IAM1..S ‘I but grasped nothing worthy him’ SR GNT Acts 25:25 word 4

PHP 3:12 κατελήμφθην (katelaʸmfthaʸn) V-IAP1..S ‘in that also I was grasped by chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Php 3:12 word 20

PHP 3:13 κατειληφέναι (kateilaʸfenai) V-NEA.... ‘myself not am counting to_have grasped it one thing but I_do the things’ SR GNT Php 3:13 word 8

Key: V=verb IAA3..S=indicative,aorist,active,3rd person singular IAM1..S=indicative,aorist,middle,1st person singular IAP1..S=indicative,aorist,passive,1st person singular NEA....=infinitive,perfect,active PAM.NMP=participle,aorist,middle,nominative,masculine,plural