ἀπολαμβάνω
apolambánō · G618 · Greek · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to receive from, to obtain, to receive
To receive, with probable focus upon the source
ExamplesGalatians 4:5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons and daughters.
Colossians 3:24 knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
2 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
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to get back, to receive back, to be paid back
To receive back something which one has previously possessed or its equivalent
ExamplesLuke 6:34 “And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.
Luke 15:27 “And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.’
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to lead off, to lead away, to take away, to take aside
To lead or take away from a particular point
ExamplesMark 7:33 And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
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to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest
To accept the presence of a person with friendliness
ExamplesLuke 15:27 “And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.’
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to undergo, to experience
To experience some event or state, often with the implication of something negatively valued
ExamplesLuke 23:41 “And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our crimes; but this Man has done nothing wrong.”
Romans 1:27 and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
How it’s used In 6 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
10 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated: we 2
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
10 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἐνin+ ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- ἐνin+ ζωήlife 1
- ἐνin+ καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἴδιοςone’s own 1
- ἀπόfrom+ κύριοςLord 1
- ἀπόfrom+ ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- μήnot 1
- οὐχίnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἴδωto know 1
- μιμνήσκωto remember 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 lead off, to lead away, to take away, to take aside15.177
- In Mark 7:33, before healing a deaf man, “Jesus took him aside (apolabómenos) from the crowd, by himself,” describing a person being physically drawn away from onlookers.
- To welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest34.53
- In Luke 15:27, the servant tells the older son, “your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back (apélaben) safe and sound,” describing the father joyfully welcoming his returned son.
- To receive from, to obtain, to receive57.128
- In Luke 16:25, Abraham tells the rich man, “during your life you received (apélabes) your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things,” describing what each man had obtained in his lifetime.
- To get back, to receive back, to be paid back57.136
- In Luke 6:34, Jesus asks, “if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you?” describing a loan given in expectation of an equivalent amount being paid back (apolábōsin).
- To undergo, to experience90.63
- In Luke 23:41, one of the criminals crucified with Jesus says, “we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving (apolambánomen) what we deserve for our crimes,” describing a penalty being undergone rather than a gift being obtained.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ἀπολήψομαι (Col 3:24; L T Tr WH ἀπολήμψεσθε; see λαμβάνω); 2 aorist ἀπέλαβον; 2…
1. to receive (from another, ἀπό (cf. Meyer on Gal 4:5; Ellicott ibid. and Winers De verb. comp. etc. as below)) what is due or promised (cf. ἀποδίδωμι, 2): τήν υἱοθεσίαν, the adoption promised to believers, Gal 4:5; τά ἀγαθά σου thy good things, which thou couldst expect and as it were demand, which seemed due to thee (Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 13), Lk 16:25. Hence,
2. to take again or back, to recover: Lk 6:34 (T Tr text WH λαβεῖν); Lk 15:27; and to receive by way of retribution: Lk 18:30 (L text Tr marginal reading WH text λάβῃ); ; Rom 1:27; 2 Jn 1:8; Col 3:24.
3. to take from others, take apart or aside; middle τινα, to take a person with one aside out of the view of others: with the addition of ἀπό τοῦ ὄχλου κατ' ἰδίαν in Mk 7:33 (Josephus, b. j. 2, 7, 2; and in the Act., 2 Macc. 6:21; ὑστασπεα ἀπολαβών μουνον, Herodotus 1, 209; Aristophanes ran. 78; ἰδίᾳ ἕνα τῶν τριῶν ἀπολαβών, Appendix,
b. 104:5, 40).
4. to receive anyone hospitably: 3 Jn 1:8, where L T Tr WH have restored ὑπολαμβάνειν.
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
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