Original Word: καθάπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kathaptó
Pronunciation: kath-AP-to
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ap'-to)
KJV: fasten on
NASB: fastened
Word Origin: [from G2596 (κατά - according) and G680 (ἅπτομαι - To touch)]

1. to seize upon

to take hold of, seize

From kata and haptomai; to seize upon -- fasten on.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK haptomai

Word Origin
from kata and haptó
Definition
to lay hold of
NASB Translation
fastened (1).

STRONGS NT 2510: καθάπτω

καθάπτω: 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).)

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