Forms of the word

Dictionary
λαμβάνω
Greek transliteration
lambanō
Simplified transliteration
lambano
Principal Parts
(ἐλάμβανον), λήμψομαι, ἔλαβον, εἴληφα, εἴλημμαι, ἐλήμφθην

Numbers

Strong's number
2983
GK Number
3284

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
258
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-3a(2b)
Gloss
to take, receive; (pass.) to be received, selected
Definition
to take, take up, take in the hand, Mt. 10:38; 13:31, 33; to take on one's self, sustain, Mt. 8:17; to take, seize, seize upon, Mt. 5:40; 21:34; Lk. 5:26; 1 Cor. 10:13; to catch, Lk. 5:5; 2 Cor. 12:16; to assume, put on, Phil. 2:7; to make a rightful or successful assumption of, Jn. 3:27; to conceive, Acts 28:15; to take by way of provision, Mt. 16:5; to get, get together, Mt. 16:9; to receive as payment, Mt. 17:24; Heb. 7:8; to take to wife, Mk. 12:19; to admit, give reception to, Jn. 6:21; 2 Jn. 10; met. to give mental reception to, Jn. 3:11; to be simply recipient of, to receive, Mt. 7:8; Jn. 7:23, 39; 19:30; Acts 10:43; in NT λαμβάνειν πειραν, to make encounter of a matter of difficulty or trial, Heb. 11:29, 36; λαμβάνειν ἀρχήν, to begin, Heb. 2:3; λαμβάνειν συμβούλιον, to take counsel, consult, Mt. 12:14; λαμβάνειν λήθην, to forget, 2 Pet. 1:9; λαμβάνειν ὑπόμνησιν, to recollect, call to mind, 2 Tim. 1:5; λαμβάειν περιτομήν, to receive circumcision, be circumcised, Jn. 7:23; λαμβάνειν καταλλαγήν, to be reconciled, Rom. 5:11; λαμβάνειν κριμα, to receive condemnation or punishment, be punished, Mk. 12:40; from the Hebrew, πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν, to accept the person of any one, show partiality towards, Lk. 20:21

Greek-English Concordance for λαμβάνω

Matthew 21:34 When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect (labein | λαβεῖν | aor act inf ) his share of the crop.
Matthew 21:35 But the tenants seized (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) his servants; one they severely beat, another they killed, and still another they stoned.
Matthew 21:39 So they seized (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matthew 22:15 Then the Pharisees went out and plotted how they could trap him in what he said.
Matthew 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took (labousai | λαβοῦσαι | aor act ptcp nom pl fem) their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 25:3 For when (labousai | λαβοῦσαι | aor act ptcp nom pl fem) the foolish took (labousai | λαβοῦσαι | aor act ptcp nom pl fem) their torches, they (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) did (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) not take (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) oil with them.
Matthew 25:4 But the wise took (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) oil in containers along with their torches.
Matthew 25:16 The one (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) who (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) received (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) five talents went immediately and put his money to work and gained another five.
Matthew 25:18 But the servant who (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) received (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
Matthew 25:20 The one (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) who (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) received (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the five talents came and brought another five, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me; look, I have gained five more.’
Matthew 25:24 Then the one (eilēphōs | εἰληφώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) who (eilēphōs | εἰληφώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) had (eilēphōs | εἰληφώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) received (eilēphōs | εἰληφώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you scattered no seed;
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take (labete | λάβετε | aor act imperative 2 pl), eat; this is my body.”
Matthew 26:27 And he took (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you,
Matthew 26:52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place! For all who draw (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the sword will die by the sword.
Matthew 27:1 Early in the morning, all the ruling priests and the elders of the people laid (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) plans against Jesus, how they might put him to death.
Matthew 27:6 But the ruling priests, picking (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) up the coins, said, “It is not lawful to put these into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Matthew 27:7 So they consulted (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) with one another and with the money bought the potter’s field as a place to bury foreigners.
Matthew 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “They took (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) the thirty silver coins, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
Matthew 27:24 So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere but rather that a riot was starting, he took (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; it is your responsibility.”
Matthew 27:30 And they (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) spat on him, and took (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) the staff and kept beating him over the head.
Matthew 27:48 And one of them at once ran and got (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a staff, and gave it to him to drink.
Matthew 27:59 And Joseph took (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the body, wrapped it in a clean linen shroud,
Matthew 28:12 And when the priests had met with the elders and worked (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) out (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) a plan, they gave a considerable sum of money to the soldiers
Matthew 28:15 So they took (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been circulated among Jews to this very day.
Mark 4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: ones sown whenever they hear the word, they (lambanousin | λαμβάνουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) immediately receive (lambanousin | λαμβάνουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) it with joy. they receive (lambanousin | λαμβάνουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) it

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