Quick Definition
καθάπτω v. I lay hold of, fasten on to
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 680; to seize upon
KJV Usage: fasten on
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθ-άπτω: 1 aor. καθῆψα; 1. lo fit or fasten to, bind on. 2. to lay hold of, fasten on (hostilely) : τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, Acts xxviii. 3 [οἵ. W. 257 (241)]; τοῦ τραχήλου, Epict. diss. 3, 20,10. [In Mid. fr. Hom. down, (w. gen. fr. Hdt. on).]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθάπτω kathaptō 1x
trans. to fasten or fit to; in NT equivalent to καθάπτομαι, to fix one’s self upon, fasten upon, take hold of, seize, Acts 28:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** καθ-άπτω,
[in Sm.: Ca 1:6*;]
to fasten on, put upon, c. acc.
Act. for mid. (cf. Bl., § 53, 3), to lay hold of, attack: c. gen., χειρός, Ac 28:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθάπτω. See s.v. ἔχιδνα and add Epict. iii, 20. 10 ὁ μὲν τοῦ τραχ- | ἤλου καθάπτων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καθάπτω (kathaptō) — to attach. καθάπτω, Ionic dialect κατ-, fasten or fix on, put upon, καθῆψεν ὤμοις.. ἀμφίβληστρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγκυραν καθάψας having made it fast, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, κισσὸν ἐπὶ κρατὶ καθάπτεσθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— passive, βρόχῳ καθημμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. equip by fastening or hanging on, in middle, σκευῇ σῶμ᾽ ἐμὸν καθάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, νεβρίνῃ καθημμένος δορᾷ with a fawn-skin slung round him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. intransitive, attach itself, εἴς τι, πρός τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+], fasten upon, τῆς χειρός τινος [NT+2nd c.AD+]
II. used by [Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, καθάπτεσθαί τινα ἐπέεσσι, in good or bad sense, as, σὺ τόν γ᾽ ἐπέεσσι καθάπτεσθαι μαλακοῖσι do thou accost him.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μαλακοῖσι καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσι καθαπτόμενος assailing.. , [Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a qualifying adjective, accost, assail, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο θοῦρον Ἄρηα [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], with genitive, upbraid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. in military sense, attack, καθαψάμενοι τῆς οὐραγίας [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.4. appeal to, θεῶν.. καταπτόμενος appealing to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. lay hold of, τυραννίδος [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῆς θαλάσσης take to the sea, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: active, καθάπτων τοῦ τραχήλου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.6. to be sensitive in respect of, ψόφου [Refs 5th c.BC+]