ἐμβατεύω
[in LXX: c. acc, Jos 19:49 (נָחַל, Jos 19:51 (חָלַק pi.); seq. εἰς, I Mac 12:25 13:20 14:31 15:40; metaph., II Mac 2:30 *;] (< ἐμβάτης < ἐμβαίνω)
1. to step in or on (Soph.), hence
(a) to frequent, haunt, dwell in (Æsch., Eur.); metaph., Col 2:18 (dwelling in, R, txt.; taking, R, mg.);
(b) to invade (1Mac, ll c.; metaph., Col, l.c.).
2. to enter on, come into possession of (Eur., Dem.; LXX, Jos, ll. c.); on the difficulties of reading and interpretation in this passage, v. Lft, Col., 194 f., 252; ICC, 268 ff.; Field, Notes, 197; Milligan, NTD, 177; and for exx. from π., MM, Exp., xii (cf. κενεμβ.).†