Lambanō λαμβάνω

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Lambanō
λαμβάνω
Transliterationlambanō
Strong's numberG2983
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto take
Occurrences265 in 250 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (52)

Lambanō (Greek λαμβάνω, Strong's G2983) is a Greek verb meaning “to take”. It occurs 265 times in 250 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

λαμβάνω,
[in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז ,לכד ,נשׂא, etc. ;]
1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mat.26:26, Mrk.14:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.5:40 26:52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:35, Mrk.12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mat.13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mrk.7:27, Jhn.19:1, 40 Rev.8:5, al.; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), ἀφορμήν, Rom.7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Jas.5:10; id. with accusative of person(s), φόβος, Luk.7:16; πνεῦμα, Luk.9:39; πειρασμός, 1Co.10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; BL, §59, 4), Rev.5:7 8:5, al.
2. to receive: absol., opposite to αἰτεῖν, Mat.7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mat.10:8, Act.20:35; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.27:6, Mrk.10:3o, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:21 13:20 19:27, 2Jo.10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., §38, 3), Mrk.14:65; metaphorically, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jhn.3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jhn.12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124f.), Mrk.10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtook (52), received (42), receive (40), take (27), receiveth (13), taken (11), shall receive (5), taketh (4), ye shall receive (4), have (4), taking (4), he that had received (3), and 53 other renderings
BSBtook (21), take (16), receive (15), receives (12), he took (9), received (7), will receive (6), taking (6), you will receive (5), collect (4), who had received (4), married (4), and 97 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Lambanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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