Strong's #2983: lambano (pronounced lam-ban'-o)
a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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lambanō
1) to take
1a) to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
1a1) to take up a thing to be carried
1a2) to take upon one' s self
1b) to take in order to carry away
1b1) without the notion of violence, i,e to remove, take away
1c) to take what is one' s own, to take to one' s self, to make one' s own
1c1) to claim, procure, for one' s self
1c1a) to associate with one' s self as companion, attendant
1c2) of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend
1c3) to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud
1c4) to take to one' s self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to appropriate to one' s self
1c5) catch at, reach after, strive to obtain
1c6) to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
1d) to take
1d1) to admit, receive
1d2) to receive what is offered
1d3) not to refuse or reject
1d4) to receive a person, give him access to one' s self
1d4a) to regard any one' s power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
1e) to take, to choose, select
1f) to take beginning, to Proverbs anything, to make a trial of, to experience
2) to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses
Usage:
This word is used 264 times:
John 3:11: "that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness."
John 3:27: "said, A man can receive nothing, except it be"
John 3:32: "he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony."
John 3:33: " He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true."
John 4:36: "And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto"
John 5:34: "But I receive not testimony from man: but"
John 5:41: " I receive not honor from men."
John 5:43: "Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another"
John 5:43: "his own name, him ye will receive."
John 5:44: "can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and"
John 6:7: "for them, that every one of them may take a little."
John 6:11: "And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed"
John 6:21: "Then they willingly received him into the ship: and"
John 7:23: "a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law"
John 7:39: "on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was"
John 10:17: "lay down my life, that I might take it again."
John 10:18: "to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."
John 10:18: "to take it again. This commandment have I received of my"
John 12:3: "Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly,"
John 12:13: " Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him,"
John 12:48: "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath"
John 13:4: "laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself."
John 13:12: "their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again,"
John 13:20: "verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth"
John 13:20: "He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth"
John 13:20: "I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent"
John 13:20: "me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me."
John 13:30: "He then having received the sop went immediately out: and"
John 14:17: "the world cannot receive, because it seeth him"
John 16:14: "shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show"
John 16:15: "therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and"
John 16:24: "my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy"
John 17:8: "me; and they have received them, and have known surely that"
John 18:3: "Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the"
John 18:31: "said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge"
John 19:1: "Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged"
John 19:6: "him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify"
John 19:23: "when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made"
John 19:27: "that hour that disciple took her unto his own"
John 19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:"
John 19:40: "Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it"
John 20:22: "them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:"
John 21:13: "then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them,"
Acts 1:8: "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon"
Acts 1:20: "and his bishopric let another take."
Acts 1:20: "and his bishopric let another take."
Acts 1:25: " That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which"
Acts 2:23: "and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified"
Acts 2:33: "of God exalted, and having received of the Father the"
Acts 2:38: "the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy"
