Strong’s H3920 · Hebrew

לָכַד
lâkad
law-kad'

Definition

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • at all
  • catch (self)
  • be frozen
  • be holden
  • stick together
  • take

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.