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Koine Greek wordlink #57994

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
Refers to Word #57986

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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’.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular NAA....=infinitive,aorist,active NAM....=infinitive,aorist,middle SAA3..P=subjunctive,aorist,active,3rd person plural SAM3..P=subjunctive,aorist,middle,3rd person plural