KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To seize, arrest, or take hold of. 2. To lay hold upon or attain an object sought.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Corinthians 11:32
Complete exact-word concordance
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Iesus.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To lay hold of; to grasp.
