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Koine Greek wordlink #57472

SR GNT Luke 20:20 ἐπιλάβωνται (epilabōntai) ‘righteous to_be in_order_that they may catch of him a statement so_that’ Strongs=19490 Lemma=epilambanō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=middle person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #57464

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἐπιλάβωνται (V-SAM3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐπιλάβωνται’ (V-SAM3··P) has 2 different glosses: ‘they may catch’, ‘they may take_hold’.

1 Tim 6:19 ‘the time coming in_order_that they may take_hold of the really life’ SR GNT 1 Tim 6:19 word 9

OET-LV: 19 storing _away for _themselves a_ good _foundation for the_ coming _time, in _order _that they _may _take _hold of _the really life. (TI1_6:19)

OET-RV: 19 thus they will be building themselves a good foundation for the coming age so that they may experience true life. (TI1 6:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epilambanō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘having taken_hold’, ‘having taken_hold of_him’, ‘having taken_hold_of’, ‘to catch’, ‘he is taking_hold’, ‘of having taken_hold’, ‘they may catch’, ‘they may take_hold’, ‘take_hold’, ‘took_hold’.

Greek words (5) other than ἐπιλάβωνται (V-SAM3··P) with a gloss related to ‘catch’

MARK 12:13 ἀγρεύσωσιν (agreusōsin) V-SAA3··P Lemma=agreuō ‘supporters_of_Haʸrōdaʸs in_order_that him they may catch in a statement’ SR GNT Mark 12:13 word 14

OET-LV: 13 And they _are _sending _out some of _the Farisaios_party and of _the supporters _of _Haʸrōdaʸs to him, in _order _that they _may _catch him in_a_statement. (MRK_12:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then the religious leaders sent some members of the Pharisee party and some of the political supporters of King Herod to try to catch Yeshua out. (MRK 12:13)

LUKE 5:4 ἄγραν (agran) N-AFS Lemma=agra ‘nets of you_all for a catch’ SR GNT Luke 5:4 word 22

OET-LV: 4 And when he _ceased speaking, he _said to the Simōn: Set _out into the depth and lower the nets of _you _all for a_catch. (LUK_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 Once he’d finished his speaking, he told Simon, “Go out to the deeper parts and lower your nets to catch some fish.” (LUK 5:4)

LUKE 5:9 ἄγρᾳ (agra) N-DFS Lemma=agra ‘him at the catch of the fishes which’ SR GNT Luke 5:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 For/Because amazement seized him and all the ones with him, at the catch of _the fishes which they _captured, (LUK_5:9)

OET-RV: 9 Peter and all those with him were stunned at the size of the catch, (LUK 5:9)

LUKE 11:54 θηρεῦσαι (thaʸreusai) V-NAA···· Lemma=thēreuō ‘lying_in_wait him to catch something out_of the’ SR GNT Luke 11:54 word 6

OET-LV: 54 lying _in _wait him to _catch something out _of the mouth of _him. (LUK_11:54)

OET-RV: 54 in the hope of catching an answer that could be used to condemn him. (LUK 11:54)

LUKE 20:26 ἐπιλαβέσθαι (epilabesthai) V-NAM···· ‘and not they were_able to catch of the one in a message before’ SR GNT Luke 20:26 word 5

OET-LV: 26 And they _were_ not _able to _catch of _the one in_a_message before the people, and having _marvelled at the answer of _him, they _kept _silent. (LUK_20:26)

OET-RV: 26 So they weren’t able to catch him out by making a treasonable statement in front of the people—in fact they were stunned by his answer and didn’t ask anything else. (LUK 20:26)

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular