Attain
Attain [1]
a -tān ´: The rendering of קנה , ḳānāh = "buy," "get" ( Proverbs 1:5 ); נשׂג , nāsagh ̌ = "reach," "a meal-offering ... according as he is able" ( Ezekiel 46:7 margin), "not attained unto the days" ( Genesis 47:9 ); יכל , yakhol or יכול , yākhōl ="be able," "overcome," "attain to innocency" ( Hosea 8:5 ); בּוא , bō' = "come," "follow" ( 2 Samuel 23:19 , 2 Samuel 23:23; 1 Chronicles 11:21 , 1 Chronicles 11:25 ); καταντάω , katantáō ̌ ="arrive at" ( Acts 27:12 the King James Version; Philippians 3:11 ); καταλαμβάνω , katalambáno ="take eagerly," "seize," "apprehend," "attained to righteousness" ( Romans 9:30 ); φθανο , φθάνω , phthánō ="have arrived at" ( Romans 9:31 the King James Version; Philippians 3:16 ); λαμβάνω , lambáno -"take," "get a hold of," "catch," the Revised Version (British and American) "already obtained" ( Philippians 3:12 ); παρακολουθέω , parakolouthéō = "follow," "trace out," "conform to" ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ). Here the Revised Version (British and American) corrects the King James Version.
