κατέλαβεν. (katelaben) in John 1:5: Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative

Verb: the word names an action or state, here presented as something that happens in the clause.

Second Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is grammatically singular and agrees with a single implied subject in the sentence.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

This occurrence of κατέλαβεν is tied to its immediate phrase or clause in John 1:5. It carries the main assertion of the second half of the verse and describes the darkness as failing to seize, overtake, or comprehend the light.

The verb is negated by οὐ and follows the singular subject ἡ σκοτία, so it states what the darkness did not do to the light in this clause.

It carries the main assertion of the second half of the verse and describes the darkness as failing to seize, overtake, or comprehend the light.

It does not by itself decide which nuance must be chosen in isolation, and it does not change the meaning of the subject or object apart from the sentence.

High: The negated verb is central to John 1:5's claim about darkness and light.

Negated predicate in light-darkness statement. states what the darkness did not do to the light. Attached to the darkness did not overcome or comprehend the light clause. Governed by the singular subject darkness and negation. The verb is interpretively important because its lexical nuance affects how the light-darkness contrast is communicated.

What does the darkness fail to do? It fails to seize, overtake, or comprehend the light, depending on the contextual nuance chosen.

Direct: The verb directly affects whether the clause is rendered with overcome, comprehend, seize, or a related nuance.

The verb has a live nuance question in this context; translation should be governed by John's sentence and broader light-darkness theme.

One gloss settles every occurrence: This occurrence needs contextual judgment; the morphology alone does not choose the final nuance.

The witness reads κατέλαβεν in John 1:5 with the morphology label "Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative"; this guide is limited to that exact occurrence in the Textus Receptus witness.

The lemma καταλαμβάνω can mean to seize, overtake, or comprehend, so the lexical range must be read with the verse's imagery.

The singular finite verb matches the singular noun ἡ σκοτία and, with οὐ, presents a completed negative statement about the darkness in relation to the light.

In this verse the grammar supports the sense that the darkness did not overcome the light, and it can also leave room for the idea that it did not grasp it.

The clause fits the passage's broader contrast between light and darkness by stressing the light's resistance to darkness rather than by isolating a technical verbal nuance.

For readers, the form helps the sentence sound decisive and complete: the darkness did not prevail against the light.

Do not derive a doctrinal system from the verb form alone, and do not force one English gloss to exclude the verse's broader context.