{"def":{"short":"to take eagerly, i.e., seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively)","long":["to lay hold of",["to lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to, to make one's own, to take into one's self, appropriate","to seize upon, take possession of",["of evils overtaking one, of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction, of a demon about to torment one","in a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern it"],"to detect, catch","to lay hold of with the mind",["to understand, perceive, learn, comprehend"]]]},"deriv":"from G2596 and G2983","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑ.tɑ.lɑmˈβɑ.no","ipa_mod":"kɑ.tɑ.lɑɱˈvɑ.now","sbl":"katalambanō","dic":"ka-ta-lahm-VA-noh","dic_mod":"ka-ta-lahm-VA-noh"},"see":["G2596","G2983"]}