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15.
(
!
, 4160), “to do, to make,” is rendered “appointed” in Heb. 3:2, of
Christ. For Mark 3:14,
RV
, see
ORDAIN
,
Note
(2).
: &
,
, “appointed to death,” doomed to it by condemnation, 1 Cor. 4:9,
KJV
, is corrected to “doomed to death” in the
RV
( , “for,”
, “death”).
For
APPORTIONED
(
RV
in
2 Cor. 10:13
) see
DISTRIBUTE
APPREHEND
1.
(
1
, 2638) properly signifies “to lay hold of”; then, “to
lay hold of so as to possess as one’s own, to appropriate.” Hence it has the same twofold
meaning as the Eng. “to apprehend”; (a), “to seize upon, take possession of,” (1) with a
beneficial effect, as of “laying hold” of the righteousness which is of faith, Rom. 9:30
(not there a matter of attainment, as in the Eng. versions, but of appropriation); of the
obtaining of a prize, 1 Cor. 9:24 (
RV
, “attain”); of the apostle’s desire “to apprehend,” or
“lay hold of,” that for which he was apprehended by Christ, Phil. 3:12-13; (2) with a
detrimental effect, e.g., of demon power, Mark 9:18; of human action in seizing upon a
person, John 8:3-4; metaphorically, with the added idea of overtaking, of spiritual
darkness in coming upon people, John 12:35; of the Day of the Lord, in suddenly coming
upon unbelievers as a thief, 1 Thess. 5:4; (b), “to lay hold of” with the mind, to
understand, perceive, e.g., metaphorically, of darkness with regard to light, John 1:5,
though possibly here the sense is that of (a) as in 12:35; of mental perception, Acts 4:13;
10:34; 25:25; Eph. 3:18. See
ATTAIN
, No. 2,
COME
,
Note
(8),
FIND
,
OBTAIN
,
OVERTAKE
,
PERCEIVE
,
TAKE
.¶
Note:
Cf.
, “to take hold of,” always in the middle voice in the NT. See
HOLD
.
2.
(
1
, 4084), “to lay hold of,” with the suggestion of firm pressure or force,
is used in the Gospels only in John, six times of efforts to seize Christ and is always
rendered “take” in the
RV
, 7:30, 32, 44; 8:20; 10:39; 11:57. The
KJV
has “laid hands on”
in 8:20. In Acts 12:4 and 2 Cor. 11:32 (
KJV
), it is translated respectively “apprehended”
and “apprehend” (
RV
, “had taken,” and “take”). In Rev. 19:20 it is used of the seizure of
the Beast and the False Prophet. In John 21:3, 10 it is used of catching fish. Elsewhere in
Acts 3:7. See
CATCH
,
LAY HANDS ON
,
TAKE
.¶ In the Sept., Song of Sol. 2:15.¶
APPROACH
A. Verb.
(
# &
, 1448), “to draw near, to approach,” from
$
, “near,” is used (a) of
place and position, literally and physically, Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 12:33; 15:25;
figuratively, of drawing near to God, Matt. 15:8; Heb. 7:19; Jas. 4:8; (b) of time, with
reference to things that are imminent, as the kingdom of heaven, Matt. 3:2; 4:17; 10:7;
the kingdom of God, Mark 1:15; Luke 10:9, 11; the time of fruit, Matt. 21:34; the
desolation of Jerusalem, Luke 21:8; redemption, 21:28; the fulfillment of a promise, Acts
7:17; the Day of Christ in contrast to the present night of the world’s spiritual darkness,
Rom. 13:12; Heb. 10:25; the coming of the Lord, Jas. 5:8; the end of all things, 1 Pet. 4:7.
It is also said of one who was drawing near to death, Phil. 2:30. See
COME
,
Note
(16),
DRAW
, B, No. 1,
HAND
(
AT
),
NIGH
.
B. Adjective.