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ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
How the KJV Renders It
TranslationStrong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.
Grammatical Forms
MorphologyIn the Greek New Testament, this word appears as a verb across 19 occurrences, inflected in 8 grammatical forms — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.
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ἐπιλαβόμενοι
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπιλαβόμενος
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἐπελάβετο
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιλάβωνται
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἐπιλαμβάνεται
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Middle Or Passive
- Can be read as middle or passive; context decides.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιλαβοῦ
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- Singular
- One.
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ἐπιλαβέσθαι
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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ἐπιλαβομένου
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Genitive
- Possession or source — often "of".
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
Biblical Distribution
DistributionAppears in 18 verses across 6 of the 27 books. Most frequent in Acts (7 verses); never once in the other 21.
Every Occurrence
ConcordanceEvery verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.
Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.