καταλαμβάνω

κατα-λαμβάνω

[in LXX for נָשַׂג hi., לָכַד, etc. ;]

1. to lap hold of, seize, appropriate: Mark 9,18 with accusative of thing(s), 1 Kor 9,24, Fil 3,12-13

2. to overtake: as carrel, of διώκω (Field, Notes, 158 f.), Rom 9,30 ἡ ἡμέρα, 1 Thess 5,4 of evils, Joh 1,5; 12,35 (cf. 617 T); hence, to surprise, discover: Joh 8,3-4],

3. Of mental action, to apprehend, comprehend; so mid., in NT (M, Pr., 158): Ef 3,18 before ὅτι, ApG 4,13; 10,34; with accusative and inf., ApG 25,25 (MM, Exp., xv).†