Quick Definition
a receiving
Strong's Definition
receipt (the act)
Derivation: from G2983 (λαμβάνω);
KJV Usage: receiving
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λῆψις (L T Tr WH λῆμψις, see Mu), λήψεως, ἡ (λαμβάνω, λήψομαι) (from Sophocles and Thucydides down), a receiving: Php_4:15, on which passage see δόσις, 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λῆμψις lēmpsis 1x
also spelled λῆψις , taking, receiving, Php_4:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λῆμψις
( Rec. λῆψις , so in cl .), -εως , ἡ
( < λαμβάνω ),
[in LXX (λῆψ -): Pro_15:29 ; λ . δώρων , Pro_15:27 ( H4979 ); λ . καὶ δόσις , Sir_41:19 ; Sir_42:7 * ;]
receiving: δόσις καὶ λ ., Php_4:15 .†
λῆψις , see λῆμψις .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λῆ (μ )ψις [page 374]
To what is said regarding this word s.v. δόσις ( ad fin. ) add such exx. of its use as P Tebt I. 238 (B.C. 116 5) τῆ (ς ) λή (ψεως ) (πυροῦ ), and P Oxy I. 71 i. 18 (A.D. 303) μετ᾽ ἐνεχύρων λήμψεως κατὰ τὰ ἔνγραφα αὐτοῦ γραμμάτια , by seizure of the securities provided in his written bonds (Edd.).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ
(λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pro.15:29; λ. δώρων, Pro.15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Sir.41:19 42:7 * ;]
receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Php.4:15.†
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