King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2510
Transliteration: kathaptō
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ap'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay hold of
Meaning: to lay hold of
καθάπτω: 1 aorist καθηψα;
Word 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).)