ἀντιλαμβάνομαι
to take hold
‘to take hold’ is one of 3 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Voice
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Middle or Passive deponent
- Middle/passive in form but active in meaning.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G482 appears in the Book of 1 Timothy — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
1 Timothy
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to take hold” is the headline sense of the Greek verb αντιλαμβανομαι (antilambánomai). It occurs a mere 3 verses across Scripture. More than a third of its appearances fall in Luke. First canonically at Luke 1:54, it enters the text early. Catalogued under 3 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. See the sense tree, 3-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G482 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 3
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 3 distinct verses.
- 3 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 3 of 27 New Testament books.
- #2,203
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 2,203 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 3 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3 distinct verses.
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 2 verses · 67%
- Gospels 1 verse · 33%
- Pauline corpus 1 verse · 33%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: He hath holpen 1×, Partakers 1×, Support 1×
- American Standard Version: He hath given help 1×, They that partake 1×
- Berean Standard Bible: He has helped 1×, Help 1×, Receiving 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: He has helped 1×, Take hold 1×, Taking 1×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G482 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G482 across 2 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G482 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G482 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to lay hold of, hold fast to anything
- to take a person or thing in order as it were to be held, to take to, embrace
- to help, to be a partaker of, partake of (the benefits of the services rendered by the slaves)
Word origin
Derived from αντι (antí) (G473) — against.
Forms in the corpus
The 3 distinct written forms G482 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀντελάβετο antelábeto | Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Luke 1:54 | 1 |
| ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι antilambánesthai | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Infinitive | Acts 20:35 | 1 |
| ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι antilambanómenoi | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | 1 Timothy 6:2 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G482, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- ανθιστημι anthístēmi G436 to resist
- ανθομολογεομαι anthomologéomai G437 to acknowledge
- ανθυπατος anthýpatos G446 proconsul
- ανταγωνιζομαι antagōnízomai G464 to struggle
- ανταλλαγμα antállagma G465 exchange
- ανταναπληροω antanaplēróō G466 to fill up
- ανταποδιδωμι antapodídōmi G467 to repay
- ανταποκρινομαι antapokrínomai G470 to contradict
- αντεπω antépō G471 to speak against
- αντεχομαι antéchomai G472 to withstand
- αντιβαλλω antibállō G474 to throw back
- αντιδιατιθεμαι antidiatíthemai G475 to oppose
- αντιδικος antídikos G476 opponent
- αντιθεσις antíthesis G477 opposition
- αντικαθιστημι antikathístēmi G478 to place opposite
- αντικαλεω antikaléō G479 to invite in turn
- αντικειμαι antíkeimai G480 to oppose
- αντικρυ antikrý G481 opposite
- αντιλεγω antilégō G483 to contradict
- αντιλοιδορεω antiloidoréō G486 to revile back
- αντιλυτρον antílytron G487 ransom
- αντιμετρεω antimetréō G488 to repay
- αντιμισθια antimisthía G489 reward
- αντιπαρερχομαι antiparérchomai G492 to pass by
+7 more words share this root (not shown).
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 36 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αντιλαμβανομαι appears 42 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 41 verses in 13 books.
- 42
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 41
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 13 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 13 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 48:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Exodus 18:22 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Leviticus 25:35 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Numbers 11:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- 1 Kings 9:9 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- 1 Chronicles 22:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- 2 Chronicles 7:22 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 3:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Proverbs 11:28 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Isaiah 9:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Jeremiah 23:14 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Ezekiel 12:14 ἀντιλαμβάνω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G482) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 48:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- Exodus 18:22 ἀντιλαμβάνω Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
- Leviticus 25:35 ἀντιλαμβάνω "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
- Numbers 11:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- 1 Kings 9:9 ἀντιλαμβάνω and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.
- 1 Kings 9:11 ἀντιλαμβάνω (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- 1 Chronicles 22:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
- 2 Chronicles 7:22 ἀντιλαμβάνω They shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 ἀντιλαμβάνω The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 ἀντιλαμβάνω For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 ἀντιλαμβάνω But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- Psalms 3:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people Who have set themselves against me on every side.
- Psalms 17:36 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 19:3 ἀντιλαμβάνω There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
- Psalms 39:12 ἀντιλαμβάνω "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A foreigner, as all my fathers were.
- Psalms 40:13 ἀντιλαμβάνω Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
- Psalms 47:4 ἀντιλαμβάνω He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- Psalms 62:9 ἀντιλαμβάνω Surely men of low degree are just a breath, And men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
- Psalms 68:30 ἀντιλαμβάνω Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
- Psalms 88:22 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 88:44 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 106:17 ἀντιλαμβάνω The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- Psalms 117:13 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 118:116 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Psalms 138:13 ἀντιλαμβάνω
- Proverbs 11:28 ἀντιλαμβάνω He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
- Isaiah 9:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 26:3 ἀντιλαμβάνω You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.
- Isaiah 41:9 ἀντιλαμβάνω you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;
- Isaiah 42:1 ἀντιλαμβάνω Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 49:26 ἀντιλαμβάνω I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 51:18 ἀντιλαμβάνω There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.
- Isaiah 59:16 ἀντιλαμβάνω He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
- Isaiah 63:5 ἀντιλαμβάνω I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
- Isaiah 64:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω For we are all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Jeremiah 23:14 ἀντιλαμβάνω In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
- Ezekiel 12:14 ἀντιλαμβάνω I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
- Ezekiel 16:49 ἀντιλαμβάνω Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Ezekiel 20:5 ἀντιλαμβάνω and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
- Ezekiel 20:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- Micah 6:6 ἀντιλαμβάνω How shall I come before Yahweh, And bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G482) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.