προσλαμβάνω
proslambánō · G4355 · Greek · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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to take hold of, to grasp
To take hold of or grasp, with focus upon the goal of the motion
ExamplesActs 27:33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul kept encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken in nothing.
Acts 27:36 All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.
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to bring along, to take along
To take or bring along in addition to oneself
ExamplesActs 17:5 But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and they attacked the house of Jason and were seeking to bring them out to the people.
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to lead aside, to take aside
To take or lead off to oneself
ExamplesMatthew 16:22 And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!”
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to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest
To accept the presence of a person with friendliness
ExamplesActs 28:2 The natives showed us extraordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and took us all in because of the rain that had started and because of the cold.
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to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest
To accept the presence of a person with friendliness
ExamplesRomans 15:7 Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God.
How it’s used In 3 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
12 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated in the clause 4
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
12 occurrences in 8 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 5
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
- μηδείςno one 1
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- σύyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto+ δόξαglory 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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Semantic domains 5 entries
- To gather together, to form a group15.127
- The verb describes drawing others together to form a company. Luke's account of the riot at Thessalonica uses this term: “But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and they attacked the house of Jason and were seeking to bring them out to the people” (Acts 17:5).
- To bring along, to take along15.167
- The same verb describes bringing a companion along on a course of action. Luke's account of Priscilla and Aquila instructing Apollos uses this term: “and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him” (Acts 18:26).
- To lead aside, to take aside15.180
- The same verb describes drawing a person away from a group for a private word. Matthew's account of Peter's rebuke of Jesus uses this term: “And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, 'God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!'” (Matthew 16:22).
- To take hold of, to grasp18.2
- The same verb, used of taking food, describes physically receiving and consuming something. Luke's account of the shipwreck voyage uses this term: “Until the day was about to dawn, Paul kept encouraging them all to take some food, saying, 'Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken in nothing'” (Acts 27:33).
- To welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest34.53
- The same verb describes receiving another into fellowship as an act of hospitality. Paul's teaching on the weak and strong in faith uses this term: “Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not to have quarrels over opinions” (Romans 14:1).
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 infinitive προσλαβεῖν (Acts 27:34 Rec. see below); middle, present…
a. to take as one's companion (A. V. take one unto one): Acts 17:5; Revelation 18 b. to take by the hand in order to lead aside (A. V. (simply) take): Mt 16:22; Mk 8:32.
c. to take or (so A. V.) receive into one's home, with the collateral idea of kindness: Phm 1:12. R G, Phm 1:17; into shelter, Acts 28:2.
d. to receive, i. e. grant one access to one's heart; to take into friendship and contact: Rom 14:1; Rom 15:7; God and Christ are said προσλάβεσθαι (to have received) those whom, formerly estranged from them, they have reunited to themselves by the blessings of the gospel, Rom 14:3; Rom 15:7; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 49, 6 [ET],(cf. Ps 26:10; Ps 64:5; Psalm 72:24.
e. to take to oneself, to take: μηδέν (A. V. hating taken nothing) i. e. no food, Acts 27:33; τροφῆς (a portion of (A. V. (not R. V.) 'some')) food, cf. Buttmann, 160f (140), Acts 27:36 (in Acts 27:34 G L T Tr WH have restored μεταλαβεῖν (so R. V. (`to take some food')) for προσλαβεῖν).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 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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