Lexical Summary kathaptō: to lay hold of Original Word: καθάπτωTransliteration: kathaptō Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ap'-to) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lay hold of Meaning: to lay hold of Strong's Concordance to take hold of, seizeFrom kata and haptomai; to seize upon -- fasten on. see GREEK kata see GREEK haptomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2510: καθάπτωκαθάπτω: 1 aorist καθηψα; 1. to fit or fasten to, bind on. 2. to lay hold of, fasten on (hostilely): τῆς χειρός αὐτοῦ, Acts 28:3 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 257 (241)); τοῦ τραχήλου, Epictetus diss. 3, 20, 10. (In middle from Homer down (with the genitive from Herodotus on).) |