Quick Definition
λαμβάνω v. I receive, take
Strong's Definition
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))
KJV Usage: 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)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. λήμψομαι · aor. ἔλαβον · inf. λαβεῖν · ptc. λαβών · opt.3sg. λάβοι · pf. εἴληπται | ἀναλαμβάνω · ἀνάλημψις · ἀνεπίλημπτος · ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · ἀντίλημψις · ἀπολαμβάνω · ἀπροσωπολήμπτως · δεξιολάβος · ἐπιλαμβάνομαι · εὐλάβεια · εὐλαβέομαι · εὐλαβής · καταλαμβάνω · λῆμψις · λήθη · μεταλαμβάνω · μετάλημψις · παραλαμβάνω · προλαμβάνω · προσλαμβάνομαι · πρόσλημψις · προσωπολημπτέω · προσωπολήμπτης · προσωπολημψία · συλλαμβάνω · συμπαραλαμβάνω · συμπεριλαμβάνω · συναντιλαμβάνομαι · ὑπολαμβάνω
18.1 · Attachment · Grasp, Hold
to take hold of, to grasp, to grab to take hold of something or someone, with or without force A number of languages differ radically in terms for ‘taking hold of,’ depending upon whether force is employed, whether the object is a thing or an animate being, and whether the language incorporates into a verb of ‘taking hold of’ a classification as to the objects involved, for example, long and thin, round and flat, ball-like, angular, or lumpy.
MAT 13:31 · MAT 13:33 · MAT 14:19 · MAT 15:26 · MAT 15:36 · MAT 16:5 · MAT 16:7 · MAT 17:27 · MAT 21:35 · MAT 21:39 · MAT 25:1 · MAT 25:3 · MAT 25:3 · MAT 25:4 · MAT 26:26 · MAT 26:26 · MAT 26:27 · MAT 26:52 · MAT 27:6 · MAT 27:30 · MAT 27:48 · MAT 27:59 · MRK 6:41 · MRK 7:27 · MRK 8:6 · MRK 9:36 · MRK 12:3 · MRK 12:8 · MRK 14:22 · MRK 14:22 · MRK 14:23 · LUK 5:5 · LUK 6:4 · LUK 9:16 · LUK 13:19 · LUK 13:21 · LUK 22:17 · LUK 22:19 · LUK 24:30 · LUK 24:43 · JHN 6:11 · JHN 12:3 · JHN 12:13 · JHN 13:4 · JHN 18:31 · JHN 19:1 · JHN 19:6 · JHN 19:27 · JHN 19:40 · JHN 21:13 · ACT 9:25 · ACT 27:35 · ROM 7:8 · ROM 7:11 · 1CO 10:13 · 1CO 11:23 · HEB 9:19 · REV 3:11 · REV 6:4
57.55 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose
to take, to acquire, to obtain to acquire possession of something In some languages ‘take’ in MAT 5:40 may be best rendered as ‘go away with’ or ‘put it on as his own.’
MAT 5:40 · MAT 8:17 · MAT 16:9 · MAT 16:10 · MAT 27:24 · MRK 8:14 · MRK 12:19 · MRK 12:20 · MRK 12:21 · LUK 20:28 · LUK 20:29 · LUK 20:31 · JHN 10:17 · JHN 10:18 · JHN 18:3 · JHN 19:23 · PHP 2:7 · 2TI 1:5 · HEB 5:4 · HEB 9:15 · HEB 11:8 · JAS 4:3 · 3JN 1:7 · REV 5:7 · REV 5:8 · REV 5:9 · REV 8:5 · REV 10:8 · REV 10:9 · REV 10:10 · REV 11:17
57.125 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
to receive, receiving, to accept to receive or accept an object or benefit for which the initiative rests with the giver, but the focus of attention in the transfer is upon the receiver
MAT 7:8 · MAT 10:8 · MAT 10:41 · MAT 10:41 · MAT 19:29 · MAT 20:9 · MAT 20:10 · MAT 20:10 · MAT 20:11 · MAT 21:22 · MAT 25:16 · MAT 25:18 · MAT 25:20 · MAT 25:24 · MAT 27:9 · MAT 28:15 · MRK 10:30 · MRK 11:24 · MRK 12:2 · MRK 15:23 · LUK 6:34 · LUK 11:10 · JHN 1:16 · JHN 3:27 · JHN 3:32 · JHN 3:33 · JHN 4:36 · JHN 5:34 · JHN 5:41 · JHN 5:44 · JHN 6:7 · JHN 6:21 · JHN 7:39 · JHN 10:18 · JHN 13:20 · JHN 13:20 · JHN 13:20 · JHN 13:20 · JHN 13:30 · JHN 14:17 · JHN 16:14 · JHN 16:15 · JHN 16:24 · JHN 19:30 · JHN 20:22 · ACT 1:20 · ACT 1:25 · ACT 2:33 · ACT 2:38 · ACT 3:3 · ACT 3:5 · ACT 7:53 · ACT 8:15 · ACT 8:17 · ACT 8:19 · ACT 9:19 · ACT 10:43 · ACT 10:47 · ACT 16:24 · ACT 17:15 · ACT 19:2 · ACT 20:24 · ACT 20:35 · ACT 24:27 · ACT 25:16 · ACT 26:10 · ACT 26:18 · ROM 1:5 · ROM 4:11 · ROM 5:17 · ROM 13:2 · 1CO 2:12 · 1CO 3:8 · 1CO 3:14 · 1CO 4:7 · 1CO 4:7 · 1CO 4:7 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 9:25 · 1CO 14:5 · 2CO 11:4 · 2CO 11:4 · 2CO 11:8 · GAL 3:2 · GAL 3:14 · PHP 3:12 · COL 4:10 · 1TI 4:4 · HEB 2:2 · HEB 4:16 · HEB 7:5 · HEB 9:15 · HEB 11:11 · HEB 11:13 · HEB 11:35 · JAS 1:7 · JAS 1:12 · JAS 3:1 · JAS 5:7 · 1PE 4:10 · 2PE 1:17 · 1JN 2:27 · 1JN 3:22 · 2JN 1:4 · 2JN 1:10 · REV 2:17 · REV 2:28 · REV 3:3 · REV 4:11 · REV 5:12 · REV 14:9 · REV 14:11 · REV 19:20 · REV 20:4 · REV 22:17
57.65 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose
to receive (interest), to collect (taxes) to collect what is due (normally in terms of taxes and interest), with the possible implication of extortion (as in LUK 3:13)
MAT 17:24 · MAT 17:25 · MAT 21:34 · ACT 17:9 · HEB 7:8 · HEB 7:9
30.86 · Think · To Choose, To Select, To Prefer
to choose, to select, to prefer to make a choice of one or more possible alternatives In a number of languages the choice of terms or expressions for ‘choosing’ or ‘selecting’ often depends upon either (1) what is chosen or selected or (2) the purpose for such a choice, for example, personal pleasure, rational evaluation, or outright prejudice.
It is also possible to interpret λαμβάνω in HEB 5:1 as meaning ‘to acquire, to obtain’ (see λαμβάνω[b], 57.55).
31.50 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Accept As True
to accept, to receive, to come to believe to come to believe something and to act in accordance with such a belief
MAT 13:20 · MRK 4:16 · JHN 1:12 · JHN 3:11 · JHN 5:43 · JHN 5:43 · JHN 12:48 · JHN 17:8 · HEB 10:26 · JAS 5:10 · 1JN 5:9
88.146 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Exploit
to exploit by deception, to take advantage of by trickery (a figurative extension of meaning of λαμβάνω[a] ‘to take hold,’ 18.1) to take advantage of someone by trickery or deception
90.63 · Case · Experiencer
to undergo, to experience to experience some event or state, often with the implication of something negatively valued
MRK 12:40 · LUK 5:26 · LUK 7:16 · LUK 20:47 · JHN 7:23 · ACT 1:8 · ACT 10:43 · ACT 10:47 · ACT 26:18 · ROM 5:11 · ROM 8:15 · ROM 8:15 · ROM 13:2 · 2CO 11:24 · HEB 11:36 · 2PE 1:9 · REV 18:4
90.85 · Case · To Cause To Experience
to make experience to cause to experience, normally implying something grievous It is, of course, possible to understand λαμβάνω in MRK 14:65 in a more or less literal sense (see 18.1) and thus to translate this expression as ‘the guards took him and slapped him.’
49.10 · Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
to put on to put on an article of clothing
90.48 · Case · Agent of a Numerable Event
to do, to make a marker of an agent relation with numerable events, with the implication of having assumed some initiative
MAT 12:14 · MAT 22:15 · MAT 27:1 · MAT 27:7 · MAT 28:12 · HEB 2:3
37.65 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
Collocation: λαμβάνω βασιλείαν
to become a king (an idiom, literally: to take a rule, to receive a rule) to receive from someone else the power or authority to reign as a king
25.157 · Attitudes and Emotions · Courage, Boldness
Collocation: λαμβάνω θάρσος
to become confident, to take courage (an idiom, literally: to take courage) to become confident or courageous in the face of real or possible danger
88.238 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Show Favoritism, Prejudice
Collocation: λαμβάνω πρόσωπον
to show favoritism, to be partial, partiality (an idiom, literally: to take face) to make unjust distinctions between people by treating one person better than another ‘To show favoritism’ or ‘to be partial’ is expressed in an idiomatic manner in some languages, for example, ‘to look only upon a person’s face,’ ‘to call a sparrow a chicken,’ or ‘to give one’s clansman the best piece of meat.’
24.83 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering
Collocation: λαμβάνω τὸν σταυρόν
to be prepared to suffer even unto death, to take up one’s cross (a productive idiomatic expression, literally: to take one’s cross) to be prepared to endure severe suffering, even to the point of death The idiom ‘to carry one’s cross’ or ‘to take up one’s cross’ involves a number of important features of meaning. Unfortunately, this expression is frequently not understood correctly by many people who hear it or even use it. One reason for this is the actual absence of crucifixion in modern society. If a literal translation is to be employed, then some marginal note will probably be necessary in order to indicate clearly the full implications of such a statement.
68.58 · Aspect · Try, Attempt
Collocation: πεῖραν λαμβάνω
to try, to attempt to attempt to do something, with the implication of not succeeding In a number of languages expressions such as πειράζω[d], πειράομαι, and πεῖραν λαμβάνω may be expressed as to start to do something, but not be able to or to think that one can do something, but discover it is impossible.
1 λαμβάνω[b] in the sense of to acquire is highly generic. 2 There may be some subtle distinction in meaning between δέχομαι[a] on the one hand and λαμβάνω[c] and λῆμψις on the other, in that the latter set of meanings may imply more active participation on the part of the one who receives or takes the gift, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts. 3 There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions of meaning in this series of related expressions in 90.63 (ἀπολαμβάνω[e], ἐπιλαμβάνομαι[f], λαμβάνω[h], μεταλαμβάνω[b]), but it is difficult to determine the precise distinctions on the basis of existing contexts. As in the case of a number of verbs which mark an experiencer relation, an equivalent translation consists simply of a passive form of a verb related to the noun complement. For example, in the case of JHN 7:23, one might very well translate ‘if a person is circumcised on the Sabbath.’ 4 HEB 11:36 In HEB 11:36 πεῖραν ‘trial’ is semantically redundant in that ἐμπαιγμῶν and μαστίγων contain by implication the semantic components of πεῖραν. 5 JHN 13:12 One might argue that λαμβάνω in JHN 13:12 should have merely the common meaning of taking (18.1) or receiving (57.125), but in this context there is more involved than merely taking along an outer garment. The reference is clearly to the act of putting on the outer garment. It might be possible to explain this unusual sense of λαμβάνω in JHN 13:12 as being based upon some kind of ellipsis. 6 The phrase πεῖραν λαμβάνω may be regarded as a so-called low-grade idiom, or λαμβάνω may be regarded as a relatively empty term which serves primarily to mark case relations.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λαμβάνω; impf. ἐλάμβανον; fut. λήψομαι, (LT Tr WH λήμψομαι, an Alexandrian form; 568 8. v. M, μ); 2 aor. ἔλαβον (2 pers. plur. once [in Tdf. 7 after B*] ἐλάβατε, 1 Jn. ii. 27; see reff. s. v. ἀπέρχομαι, init.), impv. λάβε (Rey. x. 8 54.), not λαβέ (W. § 6,1 a.; B. 62 (54)); pf. εἴληφα, 2 pers. εἴληφας [and εἴληφες (Rev. xi. 17 WHI; see xomidw); on the use of the pf. interchangeably with an aor. (Rey. v. 7; viii. 5, ete.) οἵ. B. 197 (170) ; W. 272 (255); Jebb in Vincent and Dickson’s Mod. Grk. 2d ed. App. §§ 67, 68], ptep. εἰληφώς ; [Pass., pres. ptep. λαμβανόμενος ; pf. 3 pers. sing. εἴληπται, Jn. viii. 4 ὙΠ το. (rejected section)]; Sept. hundreds of times for n>), very often for 8wW3, also for 729 and several times for 108; [fr. Hom. down]; I. to take,i.e. 1. to take with the hand, lay hold of, any pers. or thing in order to use it: absol., where the context shows what is taken, Mt. xxvi. 26; Mk. xiv. 22; (τὸν) ἄρτον, Mt. xxvi. 26; Acts xxvii. 35; τὸ βιβλίον, Rey. νυ. 7-9, [see B. and W. u. s.]; μάχαιραν (grasp, lay hand to), Mt. xxvi. 52, and in many other exx. After a circumstantial style of description (see a» ίστημι, 11. 1 6.) in use from Hom. down (ef. Passow 8. v. C.; [L. and 5. 5. v. I. 11]; Matthiae § 558, Anm. 2; [W. 8 65, 4 c.]), the ptep. λαβών with ace. of the object is placed before an act. verb where it does not always seem to us necessary to mention the act of taking (as λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα [cf. our ‘he took and kissed’], Hom. Od. 24, 398): Mt. xiii. 31, 33; xvii. 27; Mk. ix. 36; Lk. xiii. 19, 21; Jn. xii. 3; Acts ii. 23 Rec.; ix. 25; xvi. 3; λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα... τὸν λαὸν ἐρράντισε (equiv. to τῷ αἵματι . . . τὸν λ. ἐρρ.), Heb. ix.19; or the verb λαβεῖν in a finite form foll. by καί precedes, as ἔλαβε τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἐμαστίγωσεν, Jn. xix.1; add, 10. 40; xxi.13; Rev. viii.5; αἷβξο λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον... καὶ βαλεῖν etc., Mt. xv. 26; Mk. vii. 27; ἔλαβον... metaph., ἀφορμήν (see the word, 2), Ro. vii. 8, 11 ; ὑπόδειγμά τινός (gen. of the thing) τινα, to take one as an example of a thing, for imitation, Jas. v. 10; to take in order to wear, τὰ ἱμάτια, i. 6. to put on: Jn. xiii. 12 (ἐσθῆτα, ὑποδήματα, Hadt. 2, 37; 4, 78); μορφὴν δούλου, Phil. ii. 7. to take in the mouth: something to eat, Jn. xiii. 30; Acts ix. 19; 1 Tim. iv. 4, (cf. Lat. cibum capio, to take food); to take anything to drink, i. 6. drink, swallow, ὕδωρ, Rev. xxii. 17; to drink, τὸ ὄξος, Jn. xix. 30; οὐκ ἔλαβε, he did not take it, i. 6. refused to drink it, Mk. xv. 23. to take
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λαμβάνω lambanō 258x
to take, take up, take in the hand, Mt. 10:38; 13:31, 33; to take on one’s self, sustain, Mt. 8:17; to take, seize, seize upon, Mt. 5:40; 21:34; Lk. 5:26; 1 Cor. 10:13; to catch, Lk. 5:5; 2 Cor. 12:16; to assume, put on, Phil. 2:7; to make a rightful or successful assumption of, Jn. 3:27; to conceive, Acts 28:15; to take by way of provision, Mt. 16:5; to get, get together, Mt. 16:9; to receive as payment, Mt. 17:24; Heb. 7:8; to take to wife, Mk. 12:19; to admit, give reception to, Jn. 6:21; 2 Jn. 10; met. to give mental reception to, Jn. 3:11; to be simply recipient of, to receive, Mt. 7:8; Jn. 7:23, 39; 19:30; Acts 10:43; in NT λαμβάνειν πεῖραν, to make encounter of a matter of difficulty or trial, Heb. 11:29, 36; λαμβάνειν ἀρχήν, to begin, Heb. 2:3; λαμβάνειν συμβούλιον, to take counsel, consult, Mt. 12:14; λαμβάνειν λήθην, to forget, 2 Pet. 1:9; λαμβάνειν ὑπόμνησιν, to recollect, call to mind, 2 Tim. 1:5; λαμβάνειν περιτομήν, to receive circumcision, be circumcised, Jn. 7:23; λαμβάνειν καταλλαγήν, to be reconciled, Rom. 5:11; λαμβάνειν κρίμα, to receive condemnation or punishment, be punished, Mk. 12:40; from the Hebrew, πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν, to accept the person of any one, show partiality towards, Lk. 20:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λαμβάνω,
[in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for נשׂא, לכד, אחז, etc.;]
to take, lay hold of: absol., Mt 26:26, Mk 14:22; c. acc. rei, Mt 5:40 26:52, al. mult.; c. acc. pers., Mt 21:35, Mk 12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mt 13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mk 7:27, Jo 19:1, 40, Re 8:5, al.; metaph., c. acc. rei, ἀφορμήν, Ro 7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Ja 5:10; id. c. acc. pers., φόβος, Lk 7:16; πνεῦμα, Lk 9:39; πειρασμός, I Co 10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; Bl., § 59, 4), Re 5:7 8:5, al.
to receive: absol., opp. to αἰτεῖν, Mt 7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mt 10:8, Ac 20:35; c. acc. rei, Mt 27:6, Mk 10:30, al. mult.; c. acc. pers., Jo 6:21 13:20 19:27, II Jo 10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., § 38, 3), Mk 14:65; metaph., τ. λόγον, Mt 13:20, Mk 4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jo 3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jo 12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Lk 20:21, Ga 2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124 f.), Mk 10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λαμβάνω in its ordinary sense of ‘‘ receive,” ‘‘ get,” as in Mt 78, Jn 357, is naturally very common, e.g. P Giss I. 67° (ii/a.p.) ἔλαβόν σου ἐπιστολήν, P Ryl II. 122} (a.p. 127) λαβὼν τὸ πιττάκιον τὸ ἀκόλουθον ποίει, “on receipt of this document, act in accordance with it” (Edd.), P Fay 1274 (ii/iii a.p.) | ἐὰ (= ἐὰν) λάβητε φαγὸν πέμψαι ἐμοὶ διὰ Karolrov, “if you get any lentils send them to me by Katoitus " (Edd.), and 76, 1355 (iv/A.D.) τὰ ἀργύρια ἃ ἔλαβες, “money which you received.” Similarly in connexion with money receipts, as 26. 1098 (early i/A.D.) ἀποχὴν θέλω λαβεῖν, “1 wish to get a receipt,” 20. 2113 (A.D. 134) ἀλλήλ[οις] ἀποχὰς τούς τε διδόντας καὶ τοὺς λαμβάν[ο]ντας, ‘‘that payer and payee shall mutually give receipts’’ (Edd.). Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 109 has pointed out that in the case of all ostraca receipts known to him the writers were Romans, but see 7hed Ostr 1058 (A.D. 148) ἐλάβαμεν παρὰ σοῦ ἀχύρου δημοσίου γόμου ἑνὸς ἡμίσους, ‘we have received from you one and a half | | 11. 3*8 (B.c. 127) (=P Par 14) λήμψομαι παρ᾽ αὐτῶν δι᾿ loads of chaff for public use,’’ where the name of the writer, Paeris, is clearly Egyptian (see the editor’s note). For the meaning “ take,’’ as in Mt 133!)33, cf. P Fay 1149 (A.D. 100) ἐρώτησέ pe “Hppovat εἵνα αὐτὸν λάβῃ εἰς Κερκεσοῦχα, ** Hermonax has asked me to let him take him (a certain | Pindarus) to Kerkesucha,’’ and for the additional thought | | 46f., and on the fut. middle.in act. sense see Proleg. p. 154 f. “‘catch,”” ‘‘ take captive,’’ cf. the temple-inscr. OGZS 5987 (i/A.D.) ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ληφθῇ, ἑαυτῶι αἴτιος ἔσται διὰ Td ἐξακολουθεῖν θάνατον, cf. 2 Cor 117° RV, but see Field Motes, Ῥ. 184f. The verb is construed with the inf., like the compound παραλαμβάνω in Mk 74, in BGU IV. 11144 (B.c. 87) ἐπεὶ τυ[γ]χάνει ὁ Κόιντος εἰληφὼς παρὰ τοῦ πάτρωνος ἑαυτοῦ. . . ἀποκαταστῆσαι ἐνταῦθα τῶι ἹἹμέρωι δῶρον «tA. With the simplex in ΜῈ 13?° we may compare P Iand 1318 (iv/A.D.) ἵνα μετὰ χαρᾶς σε ἀπολάβωμεν, and for the dat. of the person, as in LXX 1 Kings 21", see the late 7. | forms of the verb. 20° (vi/vii A.D.) μὴ θελήσατε λαβεῖν σοι ἐκ Tod “Apodei[Tos | - . . The use of the middle in Mk 8% Ὁ λαβόμενος τὴν χεῖρα Tod τυφλοῦ, which Blass—Debrunner ὃ 170. 2 describes | as ‘‘weder klassisch noch neutestamentlich,” may be illustrated from P Flor I. 367 (a.D. 312) λ]αβομένου pov τὴ[ν] Part IV,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λαμβάνω (lambanō) — to take. λαμβάνω, future λήψομαι (λήψω only late, variant in [LXX]; Ionic dialect λάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialectfuture 2nd pers. singular λαψῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive λαμψεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔλᾰβον, Epic dialect ἔλλᾰβον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Iterat. λάβεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; written λάβε in middle Ms. of [Refs 4th c.BC+] Attic dialectaccusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect εἴληφα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λελαβήκειν [Refs]: pluperfect εἰλήφειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (κατα-); Doric dialect perfect subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular (παρ-) λελόνβῃ [Refs] —middle, aorist 2 ἐλαβόμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect reduplicate λελαβέσθαι [Refs]:—passive, future ληφθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλήφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην [NT]; Doric dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect εἴλημμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in Trag.usually λέλημμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (δια-); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) [Refs]; Ionic dialect λέλαμμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀνα-λελάφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] (accusative to many codices, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural λελήφαται [Refs]; Doric dialect perfect imperative λελάφθω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—in the future, aorist passive, and perfect passive the a is short by nature in Ionic dialect, probably long in Doric dialect and in Doric dialect ized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται [Refs 1st c.BC+]; it is marked long in Aeolic dialect λᾱμψεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist active, and aorist middle twice (see. above); the Homeric present is λάζομαι. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) take; the other (more passive) receive:
I. take,
I.1. take hold of, grasp, seize, μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle, λ. ἄγραν ποσίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative of the thing seized, λ. γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also with accusative of whole, genitive of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing,[Refs 8th c.BC+] they took hold of one another with their arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—frequently in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.1. b take by violence, carry off as prize or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; capture a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle, [Refs]; of a dolphin, [Refs]
I.1. c λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. of passions, feelings, etc., seize, μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου], [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. b of a deity, seize, possess, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.2. c of darkness, etc., occupy, possess, εὖτ᾽ ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. catch, overtake, as an enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, find, come upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. catch, find out, detect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ αἰτιάματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with adjective, ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δρῶσ᾽ ἐλήφθης [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν᾽ εὐσεβῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6. with double accusative, take as, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ᾽ [Refs]; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.7. τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi to be read λαβών, ἐς..) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.8. λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.8. b take food or drugs, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.9. apprehend by the senses, ὄμμασιν θέαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόσφθεγμά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.9. b apprehend with the mind, understand, φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.9. c with adverb added, take, i.e. understand in a certain manner, ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, λ. τι εἶναί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λ. τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.9. d in Logic, assume, take for granted, ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα[Refs]; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.9. e take, i.e. determine, estimate, τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.10. take in hand, undertake (compare ληπτέον), λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opposed to συνταχύνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες without taking any trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.11. take in, hold, τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.12. participle λαβών frequently seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.12. b ingressive of ἔχων (ἔχω (A) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. receive,
II.1. have given one, get, receive, properly of things [Refs 8th c.BC+], see belowe; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gain, win, κλέος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in bad sense, λ. ὀνείδη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. b receive hospitably, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.1. c receive in marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, i.e. those who married their daughters, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.1. d λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν, receive a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. e λ. δίκην receive, i.e. suffer, punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. f λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.1. g λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κῦμα λ., of the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.1. h receive as produce, profit, etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ, purchase for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__i λ. πεῖράν τινος, see at {πεῖρα}.
2. admit of, ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b admit, initiate, τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of persons conceiving feelings and the like, λ. θυμόν take heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰδῶ λ., ={αἰδεῖσθαι}, [Refs]; λ. ὀργήν, ={ὀργίζεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, ={ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. νόσον take a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μορφήν, τέλος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. with infinitive, receive permission to.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B middle, take hold of, lay hold on, with genitive, [σχεδίης] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of, ἀρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιροῦ λαβόμενος seizing the opportunity, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.3 lay hands upon, χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.4 of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (i.e. αἱ νῆες) reaching Delos, [Refs] __B.5 find fault with, censure, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.6 λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]