Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. 2. (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. 4. (n.) Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. 5. (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension. 6. (n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Multi-Version Concordance Apprehension (3 Occurrences) Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for apprehension of those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. (WBS) Hebrews 5:11 Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension. (WEY) Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful apprehension of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (WBS)