Genesis 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and 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?
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Overtake
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1 Thessalonians 5:4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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נָשַׂג
nâsag · naw-sag'
14 times translated as this KJV form45 total Strong's occurrences
to reach (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, × surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 44:4Strong's last: Hosea 10:9
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nâgash · naw-gash'
2 times translated as this KJV form127 total Strong's occurrences
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
Strong's KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Strong's first: Amos 9:10Strong's last: Amos 9:13
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katalambánō · kat-al-am-ban'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 5:4Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 5:4
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H5381
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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overtake
OVERTA'KE, verb transitive
1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake Exodus 15:9.
2. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. Vengeance shall overtake the wicked.
3. To take by surprise.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness. Galatians 6:1.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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