ἐμβᾰτ-εύω,

I step in or on, frequent, haunt: c. acc., of tutelary gods, νῆσος.. ἣν ὁ φιλόχορος Πὰν ἐμβατεύει A. Pers. 449, cf. E. El. 595; Πὰν Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἐμβατεύων Cratin. 321; ἵνα Διόνυσος ἐμβατεύει S. OC 679 (lyr.): c. dat., ὁ -εύων τῷ χωρίῳ δαίμων D.H. 1.77: c. gen., in simple sense, set foot upon, μήτ’ ἐμβατεύειν πατρίδος S. OT 825: abs., enter a sacred cave, OGI 530.15 (Iasus).

II ἐ. κλήρους χθονός

1. enter on, come into possession of, E. Heracl. 876, cf. LXX Jo. 19.49: more freq. ἐ. εἰς τὴν ναῦν enter on possession of the vessel, D. 33.6; εἰς τὴν οὐσίαν Id. 44.19; εἰς τὸ χωρίον Isa 9:3: abs., enter on an inheritance, PEleph. 2.14 (iii B.C.).

2. metaph., νέων ψυχάς Him. Or. 4.5.

III mount, cover, of the male, Palaeph. 39. to be initiated into the mysteries, Jahresh. 15.46 (Notium), cf. Col 2:18.

ἐμβατεύω embateuō 1x

    pr. to step into or upon; met. to search into, investigate; to pry into intrusively, Col 2:18

G1687 — ἐμβατεύω

(see ἐν, III. 3); (ἐμβάτης stepping in, going in); to enter;

1. properly: πόλιν, Euripides, El. 595; πατρίδος, Sophocles O. T. 825; εἰς τό ὄρος, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 12, 1; to frequent, haunt, often of gods frequenting favorite spots, as νῆσον, Aeschylus Pers. 449; τῷ χωρίῳ, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 77; often to come into possession of a thing; thus εἰς ναῦν, Demosthenes, p. 894, 7 (6 Dindorf); τήν γῆν, Jos 19:51 the Sept.; to invade, make a hostile incursion into, εἰς with accusative of place, 1 Macc. 12:25, etc.

2. tropically (cf. German eingehen);

a. to go into details in narrating: absolutely 2 Macc. 2:30.

b. to investigate, search into, scrutinize minutely: ταῖς ἐπιστημαις, Philo, plant. Noë § 19; ἅ μή ἑώρακε ἐμβατεύων, things which he has not seen, i. e. things denied to the sight (cf. 1Jo 4:20), Col 2:18 — where, if with G L (in the small edition, but in the major edition it was reinserted, yet in brackets) T Tr WH Huther, Meyer, we expunge μή, we must render, going into curious and subtile speculation about things which he has seen in visions granted him; but cf. Baumg.-Crusius at the passage and Winer's Grammar, § 55, 3 e.; (also Reiche (critical commentary), Bleek, Hofm., others, defend the μή. But see Tdf. and WH. ad loc., and Lightfoots 'detached note'; cf. Buttmann, 349 (300). Some interpret (conceitedly) taking his stand on the things which etc.; see under 1); Phavorinus ἐμβατεῦσαι. ἐπιβῆναι τά ἔνδον ἐξερευνησαι ἤ σκοπησαι; (similarly Hesychius 2293, vol. ii., p. 73, Schmidt edition, cf. his note; further see references in Suidas, col. 1213 d.).

ἐμβατεύω ,

[in LXX : c . acc , Jos 19:49 (H5157, Jos 19:51 (H2505 pi .); seq . εἰς , 1Ma 12:25 ; 1Ma 13:20 ; 1Ma 14:31 ; 1Ma 15:40 ; metaph ., 2Ma 2:30 * ;]

( < ἐμβάτης < ἐμβαίνω );

1. to step in or on ( Soph .), hence

(a) to frequent, haunt, dwell in ( Æsch ., Eur .); metaph ., Col 2:18 (dwelling in, R , txt .; taking, R , mg .);

(b) to invade ( 1 Mac, ll c .; metaph ., Col, Lc.).

2. to enter on, come into possession of ( Eur ., Dem.; LXX , Jos, H. c .); on the difficulties of reading and interpretation in this passage, v. Lft , Col., 194 f ., 252; ICC , 268 ff .; Field, Notes , 197; Milligan , NTD , 177; and for exx . from Papyri, MM , Exp., xii ( cf. κενεμβ .). †

*† κενεμβατεύω

(not elsew., but perh. = - έω , Plut ., al. ),

to tread on emptiness: ἐώρᾳ ( αἰώρα ) κ . (conjec. for ἃ ἑόρακμν ἐμβ ., Lft ., in l ), Col 2:18 ( cf. also ICC , in l ). †

詞類次數：動詞（1）

原文字根：在內-步 相當於：H5157（נָחַל‎）

字義溯源：侵入，放腳在其上，進入，探求，拘泥；由（G1722（ἐν / ἐμμέσῳ / ἐννόμως）*=在，入）與（G939（βάσις）=腳步）組成；而G939（βάσις）出自（G901（βαθύς）X*=行走）。這字的字義有下列三方面的爭辯：

1）進行調查

2）到殿中求問 3）屬於法律上的詞句：得以持有（天上的事物）

出現次數：總共（1）；西（1）

譯字彙編：

1）拘泥於（1）西2:18