Catch
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to snatch or catch away," is said of the act of the Spirit of the Lord in regard to Philip in Acts 8:39; of Paul in being "caught" up to paradise, 2—Corinthians 12:2,4; of the Rapture of the saints at the return of the Lord, 1—Thessalonians 4:17; of the rapture of the man child in the vision of Revelation 12:5 . This verb conveys the idea of force suddenly exercised, as in Matthew 11:12 , "take (it) by force;" Matthew 12:29 , "spoil" (some mss. have diarpazo here); in Matthew 13:19 , RV, "snatcheth;" for forceful seizure, see also John 6:15; 10:12,28,29; Acts 23:10; in Jude 1:23 , Rv , "snatching." See Pluck , Pull , Snatch , TAKE (by force).
"to receive," is once used of "catching" by fraud, circumventing, 2—Corinthians 12:16 . In Matthew 21:39; Mark 12:3 , RV "took," for AV "caught." See Accept , No. 4.
"to take by hunting" (from agra, "a hunt, a catch"), is used metaphorically, of the Pharisees and Herodians in seeking to catch Christ in His talk, Mark 12:13 .
"to hunt or catch wild beasts" (therion, "a wild beast"), is used by Luke of the same event as in No. 3, Luke 11:54 .
"to take alive:" see Captive , B, No. 3.
"to capture:" see Apprehend , No. 2.
sun, used intensively, and No. 1, "to snatch, to seize, to keep a firm grip of," is used only by Luke, and translated "caught" in the AV of Luke 8:29 , of demon-possession; in Acts 6:12 , of the act of the elders and scribes in seizing Stephen, RV, more suitably, "seized." So in Acts 19:29 . In Acts 27:15 , it is used of the effects of wind upon a ship. See Seize.
sun, and No. 2, "to seize," is used, similarly to No. 7, in Acts 26:21 , of the act of the Jews in seizing Paul in the temple. See Conceive , Help , Seize , Take.
"to lay hold" (epi, intensive, and No. 2), is translated "caught" in Acts 16:19 , AV; RV, "laid hold." See Hold , Take.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.
(2): (v. t.) To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
(3): (v. i.) To attain possession.
(4): (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
(5): (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
(6): (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
(7): (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
(8): (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
(9): (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
(10): (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
(11): (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
(12): (v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
(13): (v. t.) To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
(14): (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
(15): (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
(16): (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
(17): (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
(18): (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
(19): (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
(20): (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
(21): (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
(22): (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
(23): (n.) That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
King James Dictionary [3]
1. To seize or lay hold on with the hand carrying the sense of pursuit, thrusting forward the hand, or rushing on.
And they came upon him and caught him. Acts 6 .
2. To seize, in a general sense as, to catch a ball to catch hold of a bough. 3. To seize, as in a snare or trap to ensnare to entangle.
They sent certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. Mark 12 .
4. To seize in pursuit hence simply to overtake a popular use of the word.
He ran, but could not catch him companion.
5. To take hold to communicate to.
The fire caught the adjoining building.
6. To seize the affections to engage and attach to as, to catch the fair. 7. To take or receive by contagion or infection as, to catch the measles or small pox. 8. To snatch to take suddenly as, to catch a book out of the hand. 9. To receive something passing.
The swelling sails no more catch the soft airs and wanton in the sky. Trumbull.
To catch at, to endeavor to seize suddenly.
To catch at all opportunities of subverting the state.
To catch up, to snatch to take up suddenly.
CATCH,
1. To communicate to spread by infecting as, a disease will catch from man to man. 2. Any thing that seizes or takes hold, as a hook. 3. The posture of seizing a state of preparation to catch, or of watching an opportunity to seize as, to lie upon the catch. 4. A sudden advantage taken. 5. The thing caught, considered as an object of desire profit advantage.
Hector shall have a great catch. Shak.
6. A snatch a short interval of action.
It has been writ by catches.
7. A little portion.
We retain a catch of a pretty story.
8. In music, a fugue in the unison, wherein to humor some conceit in the words, the melody is broken, and the sense is interrupted in one part, and caught and supported by another, or a different sense is given to the words or a piece for three or more voices, one of which leads and the others follow in the same notes.
