ἐπι-λαμβάνω
[in LXX for חָזַק hi., אָחַז, etc.;]
always mid. in LXX and NT (v. Cremer, 758), to lay hold of: c. gen. pers., Mt 14:31, Ac 17:1921:30, 33; c. acc pers. (not cl.), Lk 9:4714:423:26 (WH, but v. Bl., 1015), Ac 9:2716:918:17; c. gen. rei, Mk 8:23, Ac 23:19, He 8:9(LXX); c. gen. pers. et rei, Lk 20:20, 26; τ. αἰωνίου (ὄντως) ζωῆς, I Ti 6:12, 19. Metaph. (as in Si 4:11), He 2:16 (v. Westc., in l.).†