λαμβάνω

imperfect ἐλάμβανον; future λήψομαι (L T Tr WH λήμψομαι, an Alexandrian form; see under the word Mu); 2 aorist ἔλαβον (2 person plural once (in Tdf. 7 after B*) ἐλαβατε, 1 Jn 2:27; see references under the word ἀπέρχομαι, at the beginning), imperative λαβέ (Rev 10:8f), not λαβέ (Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 a.; Buttmann, 62 (54)); perfect εἴληφα, 2 person ἐοιληφας (and ἐιληφες (Rev 11:17 WH; see κοπιάω); on the use of the perfect interchangeably with an aorist (Rev 5:7; Rev 8:5, etc.) cf. Buttmann, 197 (170); Winer's Grammar, 272 (255); Jebb in Vincent and Dickson's Modern Greek, 2nd edition, Appendix, §§ 67, 68), participle εἰληφώς; (passive, present participle λαμβανόμενος; perfect 3 person singular ἐιληπται, Jn 8:4 WH marginal reading (rejected section)); the Sept. hundreds of times for לָקַח, very often for נָשָׂא, also for לָכַד and several times for אָחַז; (from Homer down);
I. to take, i. e.:
1. to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it: absolutely, where the context shows what is taken, Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22; (τόν) ἄρτον, Mt 26:26; Acts 27:35; τό βιβλίον, Rev 5:7-9 (see Buttmann, and Winer's Grammar, as above); μαχαιρον (grasp, lay hand to), Mt 26:52, and in many other examples After a circumstantial style of description (see ἀνίστημι, II. 1 c.) in use from Homer down (cf. Passow, under the word C.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 11); Matthiae, § 558, Anm. 2; (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 4 c.)), the participle λαβών with the accusative of the object is placed before an active verb where it does not always seem to us necessary to mention the act of taking (as λαβών κυσε χεῖρα (cf. our 'he took and kissed'), Homer, Odyssey 24, 398): Mt 13:31, Mt 13:33; Mt 17:27; Mk 9:36; Lk 13:19, Lk 13:21; Jn 12:3; Acts 2:23 Rec.; Acts 9:25; ; λαβών τό αἷμα... τόν λαόν ἐρράντισε (equivalent to τῷ αἵματι... τόν λαόν ἐρράντισε), Heb 9:19; or the verb λαβεῖν in a finite form followed by καί precedes, as ἔλαβε τόν Ἰησοῦν καί ἐμαστίγωσεν, Jn 19:1; add, Jn 19:40; Jn 21:13; Rev 8:5; also λαβεῖν τόν ἄρτον... καί βαλεῖν etc., Mt 15:26; Mk 7:27; ἔλαβον... καί ἐποίησαν, Jn 19:23. metaphorically, ἀφορμήν (see the word, 2), Rom 7:8, Rom 7:11; ὑπόδειγμα τίνος (the genitive of the thing) τινα, to take one as an example of a thing, for imitation, Jas 5:10; to take in order to wear, τά ἱμάτια, i. e. to put on: Jn 13:12 (ἐσθῆτα, ὑποδήματα, Herodotus 2, 37; 4, 78); μορφήν δούλου, Phm 2:7. to take in the mouth: something to eat, Jn 13:30; Acts 9:19; 1 Tim 4:4 (cf. Latincibum capio, to take food); to take anything to drink, i. e. drink, swallow, ὕδωρ, Rev 22:17; to drink, τό ὄξος, Jn 19:30; οὐκ ἔλαβε, he did not take it, i. e. refused to drink it, Mk 15:23. to take up a thing to be carried; to take upon oneself: τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ, Mt 10:38 (L marginal reading ἄρῃ); to take with one for future use: ἄρτους, Mt 16:5, Mt 16:7; λαμπάδας, Mt 25:1; ἔλαιον μεθ' ἑαυτῶν, ibid. 3.
2. to take in order to carry away: without the notion of violence, τάς ἀσθενείας, i. e. to remove, take away, Mt 8:17; with the notion of violence, to seize, take away forcibly: Mt 5:40; Rev 3:11; τήν εἰρήνην ἐκ (Rec. ἀπό (WH brackets ἐκ)) τῆς γῆς, Rev 6:4.
3. to take what is one's own, to take to oneself, to make one's own;
a. to claim, procure, for oneself: τί, Jn 3:27 (opposed to what is given); ἑαυτῷ βασιλείαν, Lk 19:12; with the accusative of the person to associate with one' s self as companion, attendant, etc.: λαβών τήν σπεῖραν ἔρχεται, taking with him the band of soldiers (whose aid he might use) he comes, Jn 18:3 (στρατόν λαβών ἔρχεται, Sophocles Trach. 259); λαμβάνειν γυανικα, to take i. e. marry a wife, Mk 12:19-22; Lk 20:28-31 (Gen 4:19, etc.; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 4, 16; Bur. Alc. 324; with ἑαυτῷ added, Gen 4:19; Gen 6:2, and often).
b. of that which when taken is not let go, like the Latincapio, equivalent to to seize, lay hold of, apprehend: τινα, Mt 21:35, Mt 21:39; Mk 12:3, Mk 12:8, and very often in Greek writings from Homer down; tropically, τί, i. e. to get possession of, obtain, a thing, Phm 3:12 (cf. Winers Grammar, 276 (259)); metaphorically, of affections or evils seizing on a man (Latincapio, occupo): τινα ἔλαβεν ἔκστασις, Lk 5:26; φόβος, Lk 7:16 (very often so even in Homer, as τρόμος ἐλλαβε γυια, Iliad 3, 34; με ἵμερος αἴρει, 3, 446; χόλος, 4, 23; the Sept. Ex 15:15; Wis. 11:13 (12)); πνεῦμα (i. e., a demon), Lk 9:39; πειρασμός, 1 Cor 10:13.
c. to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fishermen, etc.): οὐδέν, Lk 5:5; tropically, τινα, to circumvent one by fraud, 2 Cor 11:20; with δόλῳ added, 2 Cor 12:16.
d. to take to oneself, lay hold upon, take possession of, i. e. to appropriate to oneself: ἑαυτῷ τήν τιμήν, Heb 5:4.
e. Latincapto, catch at, reach after, strive to obtain: τί παρά τίνος (the genitive of person), Jn 5:34, Jn 5:41; alternating with ζητεῖν, Jn 5:44.
f. to take a thing due according to agreement or law, to collect, gather (tribute): τά δίδραχμα, Mt 17:24; τέλη ἀπό τίνος, 25; δεκάτας, Heb 7:8f; καρπούς, Mt 21:34; παρά τῶν γεωργῶν ἀπό τοῦ καρποῦ, Mk 12:2.
4. to take i. e. to admit, receive: τινα ῤαπίσμασιν, Mk 14:65 L T Tr WH (cf. Latinverberibus aliquem accipere), but see βάλλω, 1; τινα εἰς τά ἰδίᾳ, unto his own home (see ἴδιος, 1 b.), Jn 19:27; εἰς οἰκίαν, 2 Jn 1:10; εἰς τό πλοῖον, Jn 6:21. to receive what is offered; not to refuse or reject: τινα, one, in order to obey him, Jn 1:12; Jn 5:43; Jn 13:20; τί, properly, to receive, Mt 27:6; tropically: τόν λόγον, to admit or receive into the mind, Mt 13:20; Mk 4:16 (for which in Lk 8:13 δέχονται; τήν μαρτυρίαν, to believe the testimony, Jn 3:11, Jn 3:32f; τά ῤήματα τίνος, Jn 12:48; Jn 17:8. In imitation of the Hebrew פָּנִים נָשָׂא (on the various senses of which in the O. T. cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 915f), πρόσωπον λαμβάνω, to receive a person, give him access to oneself, i. e. to regard anyone's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something: used of partiality (A. V. to accept the person), Lk 20:21; with ἀνθρώπου added, Gal 2:6 (Lev 19:15; Mal 2:9, etc.; θαυμάζειν τό πρόσωπον, Deut 10:17; Job 32:22); (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, the passage cited).
5. to take, equivalent to to choose, select: τινα ἐκ τινων, passive Heb 5:1.
6. To the signification to take may be referred that use, frequent in Greek authors also (cf. Passow, under the word, B.
d. at the end; (Liddell and Scott, II. 3)), by which λαμβάνειν joined to a substantive forms a periphrasis of the verb whose idea is expressed by the substantive: λαμβάνειν ἀρχήν to take beginning, equivalent to ἄρχομαι to begin, Heb 2:3 (Polybius 1, 12, 9, and often; Aelian v. h. 2, 28; 12, 53, and in other authors); λήθην τίνος, to forget, 2 Pet 1:9 (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 6, 10; 9, 1; 4, 8, 44; Aelian v. h. 3, 18 under the end; h. anim. 4, 35); ὑπόμνησιν τίνος, to be reminded of a thing, 2 Tim 1:5; περιαν τίνος, to prove anything, i. e. either to make trial of: ἧς namely, θαλάσσης, which they attempted to pass through, Heb 11:29; or to have trial of, to experience: also with the genitive of the thing, Heb 11:36 (in both senses often also in classical Greek; see πεῖρα, and Bleek, Br. a. d. Heb 2:2, p. 811); συμβούλιον λαμβάνειν, to take counsel, equivalent to συμβουλεύεσθαι, to deliberate (a combination in imitation apparently of the Latin phraseconsilium capere, although that signifies to form a plan, to resolve): Mt 12:14; Mt 22:15; Mt 27:1, Mt 27:7; Mt 28:12; θάρσος, to take, receive, courage, Acts 28:15; τό χάραγμα τίνος, equivalent to χάρσσομαι τί, to receive the mark of, i. e. let oneself be marked or stamped with: Rev 14:9, Rev 14:11; Rev 19:20; Rev 20:4.
II. to receive (what is given); to gain, get, obtain: absolutely, opposed to αἰτεῖν, Mt 7:8; Lk 11:10; Jn 16:24; opposed to διδόναι, Acts 20:35; Mt 10:8; with the accusative of the thing, Mt 20:9; Mk 10:30; (Lk 18:30 L text WH text Tr marginal reading); Jn 7:39; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:43; Rom 1:5; Rom 5:11; 1 Cor 2:12; 1 Cor 9:24; 2 Cor 11:4; Gal 3:14; Heb 9:15; ( R G, see ἐπαγγελία, 2 b.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 237 (222)); Jas 1:12; Jas 5:7; 1 Pet 4:10; Rev 4:11; Rev 5:12, and many other examples; μισθόν, Mt 10:41; Jn 4:36; 1 Cor 3:8, 1 Cor 3:14; ἐλεημοσύνην, Acts 3:3; ἔλεος, Heb 4:16; τόπον ἀπολογίας, Acts 25:16; τήν ἐπισκοπήν, Acts 1:20; διάδοχον, Acts 24:27 (successorem accipio, Pliny, epistles 9, 13); τό ἱκανόν παρά τίνος (the genitive of person), Acts 17:9 (see ἱκανός, a. at the end); of punishments: κρίμα, Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; Mk 12:40 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 183 (172)); Lk 20:47 Jas 3:1; with the dative incommodi added, ἑαυτῷ, Rom 13:2 (δίκην, Herodotus 1, 115; Euripides, Bacch. 1312; ποινας, Euripides, Tro. 360). οἰκοδομήν, to receive edifying, equivalent to ὀικοδομοῦμαι, 1 Cor 14:5; περιτομήν, equivalent to περιτέμνομαι, Jn 7:23; τί ἐκ τιονς, Jn 1:16; ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τούς νεκρούς, substantially equivalent to to receive, get back, Heb 11:35 (see ἐκ, II. 6); ἐκ, a part of a thing (see ἐκ, II. 9), Rev 18:4; τί παρά τίνος (the genitive of person) (Lk 6:34 T Tr text WH); Jn 10:18; Acts 2:33; Acts 3:5; Acts 20:24; Acts 26:10; Jas 1:7; 1 Jn 3:22 R G; 2 Jn 1:4; Rev 2:28 (); ἀπό τίνος (the genitive of person), 1 Jn 2:27; ( L T Tr WH); on the difference between παρά and ἀπό τίνος λαμβάνειν, cf. Winers Grammar, 370 (347) note; (Buttmann, § 147, 5; yet see Lightfoot on Gal 1:12); ὑπό τίνος, 2 Cor 11:24; πῶς εἴληφας, how thou hast received by instruction in the gospel, i. e. hast learned, Rev 3:3. The verb λαμβάνω does not occur in the Epistles to the Thessalonians, Philemon, Titus, nor in the Epistle of Jude. [COMPARE: ἀναλαμβάνω, ἀντιλαμβάνω, συν(αντιλαμβάνω (λαμβάνομαι), ἀπολαμβάνω, ἐπιλαμβάνω, καταλαμβάνω, μεταλαμβάνω, παραλαμβάνω, συνπαραλαμβάνω, προλαμβάνω, προσλαμβάνω, προσλαμβάνω, συνλαμβάνω, συνπεριλαμβάνω, ὑπολαμβάνω. SYNONYM: see δέχομαι, at the end]