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

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would receive (lambanein | λαμβάνειν | pres act inf ) as an inheritance. He set out even though he did not know where he was going.
Hebrews 11:11 By faith Abraham was (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) enabled to (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) become (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, without receiving (labontes | λαβόντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the fulfillment of the promises, but they saw them from a distance and greeted them. They acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles in the land.
Hebrews 11:29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried, they were drowned.
Hebrews 11:35 Women received (elabon | ἔλαβον | aor act ind 3 pl) their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, after refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Hebrews 11:36 Others experienced jeering and flogging, and even chains and prison.
James 1:7 For that person must not imagine that he will receive (lēmpsetai | λήμψεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) anything from the Lord;
James 1:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast when tested, because once he is shown to be genuine, he will receive (lēmpsetai | λήμψεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that those of us (lēmpsometha | λημψόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) who teach will (lēmpsometha | λημψόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) be (lēmpsometha | λημψόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) judged (lēmpsometha | λημψόμεθα | fut mid ind 1 pl) by a stricter standard.
James 4:3 You ask and do (lambanete | λαμβάνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) not receive (lambanete | λαμβάνετε | pres act ind 2 pl) because you ask for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures.
James 5:7 Be patient, therefore, dear friends, until the coming of the Lord. Note how the farmer waits for the precious harvest of the earth, being patient for it until it receives (labē | λάβῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the early and latter rains.
James 5:10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take (labete | λάβετε | aor act imperative 2 pl) the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 4:10 Each one should serve others in respect to the gift he has received (elaben | ἔλαβεν | aor act ind 3 sg), as a good steward of the grace of God in its various forms:
2 Peter 1:9 For the one who does not have these qualities is blind; he is nearsighted, having (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter 1:17 For he received (labōn | λαβών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) honor and glory from God the Father when a voice borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
1 John 2:27 But the anointing you received (elabete | ἐλάβετε | aor act ind 2 pl) from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.
1 John 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive (lambanomen | λαμβάνομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:9 If we (lambanomen | λαμβάνομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) receive (lambanomen | λαμβάνομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children walking in the truth, just as we (elabomen | ἐλάβομεν | aor act ind 1 pl) received (elabomen | ἐλάβομεν | aor act ind 1 pl) commandment from the Father.
2 John 1:10 If someone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do (lambanete | λαμβάνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not receive (lambanete | λαμβάνετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) him into your house or give him any greeting,
3 John 1:7 because they set out for the sake of the Name, accepting (lambanontes | λαμβάνοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) nothing from nonbelievers.
Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives (lambanōn | λαμβάνων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) it.
Revelation 2:28 even as I myself have received (eilēpha | εἴληφα | perf act ind 1 sg) authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star.
Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you received (eilēphas | εἴληφας | perf act ind 2 sg) and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one can take (labē | λάβῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) away your crown.

Greek for the Rest of Us

Do you want to get to the Greek behind the English  translations, do Greek word studies, use better dictionaries and commentaries, and not be frightened by the Greek words? Do you want to understand a Strong's Bible but don't have the time to do all the memory of traditional language learning? Then "Greek for the Rest of us" is just for you! Read more …