Definition

to grasp, i.e. (figuratively) entrap

Etymology

perhaps akin to the base of G1404 (δράκων) (through the idea of capturing);

Word family

• δράκων drákōn

How the KJV renders it

• take

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.