ἀναλαμβάνω
analambánō · G353 · Greek · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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To lift up and carry (away) (to carry (away), to carry off, to remove, to take (away))
ExamplesMark 16:19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Acts 1:2 until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.
Acts 1:11 and they said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
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to take along, to bring along
To take or bring someone along with
ExamplesActs 23:31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take along Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
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to receive aboard, to take aboard
To cause or permit someone to move up onto an object, used especially in relation to boats, but with the possible associated meaning of welcoming or receiving
ExamplesActs 20:14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
13 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated in the clause 4
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- κύριοςLord 1
- σκεῦοςvessel, object 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 2
- θυρεόςshield 1
- ΜάρκοςMarcus 1
- πανοπλίαweapons and armor 1
- σκηνήtent, tabernacle 1
- ἄστρονstar 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- εἰςto+ οὐρανόςheaven, sky 3
- διάthrough+ οὗτοςthis 1
- ἐνin+ δόξαglory 1
- ἐνin+ πᾶςall, every, each 1
- μετάwith, after+ λαλέωto speak 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ἐγώI, we 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἡμέραday 1
- ἸησοῦςJesus 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μέλλωto be about to 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- αἴρω aírō · G142 · to carry (away), to carry off, to remove
- Both verbs denote actions of taking or carrying, sharing the core sense of a physical taking-up. αἴρω has many extended uses (destruction, execution, figurative suspension), but its shared sense with the target in physical taking or lifting is central to both verbs; the real distinguishing feature between them is one of scope — receiving something aboard or taking it along versus a broader sense of removal or lifting.
In the other Testament 2 words
- נָשָׂא nâsâʼ · H5375 · to become high, to be lifted up, to rise
- Greek ἀναλαμβάνω emphasizes the upward directionality of 'taking up' or 'receiving up' (as in Acts 1:2, 11, 22 for Christ's ascension), while Hebrew נָשָׂא covers a broader semantic range including 'lift, carry, bear' with the 'take up' sense as one prominent component, particularly in contexts of lifting burdens or being taken up/exalted.
- לָקַח lâqach · H3947 · to take, to receive, to adopt
- לָקַח (lâqach, H3947) לָקַח is the standard Hebrew verb for physical taking/receiving, often rendered by ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō, G353) ἀναλαμβάνω in LXX contexts emphasizing upward motion or assumption (e.g., Elijah taken up, 2 Kings 2:9-11), though לָקַח's broader semantic range ('take' in general senses) overlaps with multiple Greek verbs beyond just ἀναλαμβάνω.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To receive aboard, to take aboard15.100
- In Acts 20:14, when Paul met his companions at Assos, “we took him on board (analabóntes) and came to Mitylene,” describing bringing him onto the ship.
- To take along, to bring along15.168
- In Acts 7:43, Stephen quotes that Israel “took along (anelábete) the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rompha, the images which you made to worship,” describing carrying a portable object along with them.
- To carry (away), to carry off, to remove, to take (away)15.203
- In Mark 16:19, after speaking to the disciples, “He was received up (anelḗmphthē) into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,” describing His being carried away from the earth.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist ἀνέλαβον; 1 aorist passive ἀνελήφθην (ἀνελήμφθην L T Tr WH; cf. Winers Grammar,…
1. to take up, raise: εἰς τόν οὐρανόν, Mk 16:19; Acts 1:11; Acts 10:16 (the Sept. 2 Kgs 2:11); without case, Acts 1:2, Acts 1:22; 1 Tim 3:16 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 413 (385)) (Sir. 48:9).
2. to take up (a thing in order to carry or use it): Acts 7:43; Eph 6:13, Eph 6:16. to take to oneself: τινα, in order to conduct him, Acts 23:31; or as a companion, 2 Tim 4:11; or in Acts 20:13f, to take up namely, into the ship.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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