3 occurrences

'Overtake' in the Bible

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.

Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

Verse ConceptsEvildoersGod's People Sinning

The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

Verse ConceptsWombLabour PainsBirth Not Being Possible

Bible Theasaurus

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

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
καταλαμβάνω 
Katalambano 
Usage: 14

προλαμβάνω 
Prolambano 
Usage: 2

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