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:
Acts 3:3: "the temple asked an alms."
Acts 3:5: "gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them."
Acts 7:53: "Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and"
Acts 8:15: "for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:"
Acts 8:17: "on them, and they received the Holy Ghost."
Acts 8:19: "on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost."
Acts 9:19: "And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain"
Acts 9:25: "Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down"
Acts 10:43: "his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission"
Acts 10:47: "should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as"
Acts 15:14: "at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his"
Acts 16:3: "with him; and took and circumcised him because of the"
Acts 16:24: "Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the"
Acts 17:9: "And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,"
Acts 17:15: "unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and"
Acts 19:2: "unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And"
Acts 20:24: "joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the"
Acts 20:35: "blessed to give than to receive."
Acts 24:27: "after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and"
Acts 25:16: "accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning"
Acts 26:10: "did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests;"
Acts 26:18: "God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance"
Acts 27:35: "when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence"
Acts 28:15: "saw, he thanked God, and took courage."
Romans 1:5: "By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience"
Romans 4:11: "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the"
Romans 5:11: "by whom we have now received the atonement."
Romans 5:17: "one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the"
Romans 7:8: "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought"
Romans 7:11: "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived"
Romans 8:15: "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;"
Romans 8:15: "to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby"
Romans 13:2: "ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
1 Corinthians 2:12: "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world,"
1 Corinthians 3:8: "one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own"
1 Corinthians 3:14: "abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward."
1 Corinthians 4:7: "what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst"
1 Corinthians 4:7: "receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as"
1 Corinthians 4:7: "dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received"
1 Corinthians 9:24: "all, but one receiveth the prize? So"
1 Corinthians 9:25: "they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we"
1 Corinthians 10:13: "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God"
1 Corinthians 11:23: "same night in which he was betrayed took bread:"
1 Corinthians 11:24: "when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is"
1 Corinthians 14:5: "he interpret, that the church may receive edifying."
2 Corinthians 11:4: "we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not"
2 Corinthians 11:4: "spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which"
2 Corinthians 11:8: "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."
2 Corinthians 11:20: "bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man"
2 Corinthians 11:24: "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one."
