Dictionary entry

Apprehend

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ap-re-hend': Occurs in the New Testament in two meanings: "to arrest" (piazo;Ac 12:4;2Co 11:32the Revised Version (British and American), "take"); and "to seize," "grasp," "take into one's possession," "attain," "inquire eagerly" (katalambano, the American Standard Revised Version "laid hold on," "laid fast hold of,"Php 3:12,13;Eph 3:18). InJoh 1:5, "The darkness apprehended it not," the Revised Version, margin gives "overcame not." SeeCOMPREHEND.