24 occurrences

'Overtake' in the Bible

behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:

Verse ConceptsKindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Verse ConceptsPursuingSelf ConfidencePursuing PeopleArrogance, Characterizes The WickedOvertakingDividing The Spoil

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsOvertakingBlessing And CurseBlessings From GodBlessings And ProsperityMoney Blessings

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

Verse ConceptsAtonementethics, incentives towardsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityReward, DivineSowing And ReapingVictory, As An Act Of GodWarfare, Examples OfDisobedience, To GodJewish PersecutionIf You Do Not Keep CommandsObedienceObeying Goddisobedienceconsequencescursesobeying

And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

Verse ConceptsIf You Do Not Keep Commands

and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them , and shalt without fail recover all .

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAnswered PrayerOvertakingRecoveryFamily Conflict

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfHasteDesertionEscaping From PeopleHurrying Others On

Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofGood TidingsDaybreakGood NewsUntil DaybreakThose Who Did Not TellWe Have SinnedDoing The Right Thing

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertakingPsalm Interjectionsrelentless

I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertaking

Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationGod Angry With The Nations

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfNightShadowsWalkingWalking In DarknessOvertaken By DarknessFar From OneNo Justice

then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Verse ConceptsOvertakingKilled With The SwordFamine ComingFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearFear And Worry

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleUnion With Christ, Nature OfOvertakingNot FindingPersonal GoodSeeking But Not Finding PeopleFinding Lovelovers

O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersGod's People Sinning

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSinnersSecurity, FalseKilled With The Sword

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Verse ConceptsFutureAlcoholGrapesHillsPloughingAbundance, MaterialCultivationIncreasing FruitOvertakingPlenty Of WinePloughmenReapersTreading GrapesBlessings From The Mountains

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Verse ConceptsGod Spoke By The ProphetsRepaid For DeedsSigns Of RepentanceGod's Will Be Done

Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinGiving, Of TimeBeing A LightProphecies Said By JesusWorldly DilemmasThe Light Of ChristOvertaken By DarknessNot Knowing WhereChrist's Short Life

Bible Theasaurus

Catch (67 instances)
Overcome (324 instances)
Overpower (17 instances)
Overtake (129 instances)
Overwhelm (38 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

נשׂג 
Nasag 
Usage: 50

καταλαμβάνω 
Katalambano 
Usage: 14

προλαμβάνω 
Prolambano 
Usage: 2

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