Quick Definition
συλλαμβάνω v. I seize, apprehend, become pregnant
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 2983; to clasp, i.e. seize (arrest, capture); specially, to conceive (literally or figuratively); by implication, to aid
KJV Usage: catch, conceive, help, take
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. συλλήμψομαι · aor. συνέλαβον · inf. συλλαβεῖν · pf. συνείληφα · aor.pass.inf. συλλημφθῆναι | λαμβάνω
37.109 · Control, Rule · Seize, Take into Custody
to seize, to catch, to take, to arrest to seize and to take along with
MAT 26:55 · MRK 14:48 · LUK 5:9 · LUK 22:54 · JHN 18:12 · ACT 1:16 · ACT 12:3 · ACT 23:27 · ACT 26:21
23.49 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
to conceive, to become pregnant In many languages the process of becoming pregnant is expressed in different ways: ‘to begin to become large,’ ‘to receive sperm,’ ‘to let a child enter,’ or ‘to stop bleeding’ (a reference to the cessation of menstrual periods).
The phrases ἐν γαστρί (LUK 1:31) and ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ (LUK 2:21), meaning ‘in the womb,’ may be added to συλλαμβάνω without significant alteration of its meaning.
35.5 · (συλλαμβάνομαι) · Help, Care For · Help
to join in helping to help by joining in an activity or effort In a number of instances it is not necessary to specify the joint effort or activity, since this is supplied by the context itself as, for example, in LUK 5:7 in which ‘coming to help’ indicates clearly the joint efforts. But in some languages it may be important to use a specific expression rather than a generic one. Accordingly, ‘to come and help them’ in LUK 5:7 may be rendered as ‘to come and work with them.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συλ-λαμβάνω [sometimes συν- (see below) ]: fut. 2 pers. sing. συλλήψη (1, Τ Tr WH συλλήμψῃ [see M, μ]), Lk. 1. 31; pf. [3d pers. sing. συνείληφεν, Lk. i. 36 Tr txt. WH], ptep. fem. συνειληφυῖα [ib. RG LT]; 2 aor. συνέλαβον ; 1 aor. pass. συνελήφθην (1, Τ Tr WH συνελήμφθην; see M, μ); Mid., pres. impv. 2 pers. sing. συλλαμβάνου (T Tr WH συν-, cf. σύν, I. fin.; Tdf. Proleg. p. 76) Phil. iv. 3; 2 aor. συνελαβόμην ; fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down; Sept. for wom and 329; 1. Active, a. to seize, take: τινά, one as a prisoner, Mt. xxvi. 55; Mk. xiv. 48; Lk. xxii. 54; Jn. xviii. 12 [ef. W. 275 (259)]; Actsi. 16; xii. 3; xxiii. 27; ἄγραν ἰχθύων, Lk. v. 9. b. to conceive, of a woman (often so in Sept. for 777): absol. Lk. i. 24 (Aristot. h. a. 7,1 p. 582", 19; gen. an. 1, 19 p. 727°, 8 sq.; [Plut. de vitand. aere alien. 4, 4; cf. W.593 (552); B. §130, 5]); with ἐν γαστρί added, Lk. i. 31; twa, a son, [ Lk. i. 36]; with ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ added, Lk. ii. 21; metaph. of ‘lust,’ whose impulses a man indulges, Jas. i. 15. 2. Mid. a. lo seize for one’s self; in a hostile sense, to make (one a permanent) prisoner: τινά, Acts xxvi. 21. b. with the dat. of a pers. to take hold together with one, to assist, help: Lk.v. 7; to succor, Phil. iv. 3, (Soph. Phil. 282; Plat. Theag. p. 129e.; Diod. 11, 40; in this sense in Grk. writ. more commonly in the active).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συλλαμβάνω syllambanō 16x
to catch; to seize, apprehend, Mt. 26:55; Acts 1:16; to catch, as prey, Lk. 5:9; to conceive, become pregnant, Lk. 1:24, 31, 36; 2:21; met. Jas. 1:15; mid. to help, aid, assist, Lk. 5:7; Phil. 4:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συλ-λαμβάνω
[in LXX for תּפשׂ, הרה, etc. ;]
c. acc., to bring together, collect.
to seize, take: c. acc. pers., as a prisoner, Mt 26:55, Mk 14:48, Lk 22:54, Jo 18:12, Ac 1:16 12:3; pass., Ac 23:27; mid., in sense of act., Ac 26:21; σ. ἄγραν ἰχθύων, Lk 5:9.
C. dat. pers., to take part with, assist, succour; mid., in same sense: Lk 5:7, Phl 4:3.
Of a woman, to conceive: absol., Lk 1:24; seq. ἐν γαστρί, Lk 1:31; c. acc., Lk 1:36; ib. seq. ἐν τ. κοιλίᾳ, Lk 2:21; metaph., of lust producing sin, Ja 1:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συλλαμβάνω, (1) ‘‘arrest,” ‘‘seize,” as in Mt 2655, a7.: P Cairo Zen II. 59202? (B.C. 254) ὀρθῶς ἐποίησας συλλαβὼν τὸν ἐκ τοῦ ζυτοπωλίου ταμίαν, “οι have done rightly in arresting the steward attached to the beer-house,” P Hib I. 5439 (c, B.C. 245) (= LAE, p. 165) τὸ σῶμα δὲ εἰ συνείληφας παράδος [[atrd]] Σεμφθεῖ, ‘if you have arrested the slave, deliver him to Semphtheus,” P Ryl 11. 145° (a.p. 38) συνλαβὼν ᾿Αρτεμίδωρον, “having caught Artemidorus” with hostile intent, P Oxy II. 283! (a.p. 45) συνέλαβον τὸν σημαινόμενον δοῦλον, ‘I seized the above-mentioned slave,” and P Tebt IT. 304" (A.D. 167-8) τὸν ἀδελφόν μου ᾿Οννῶφρις (=ptv) ovdA<ADaBdvres τραυματιαιωνί-- αἷον) ἐποίησαν, “seizing my brother Onnophris they wounded him ” (Edd.): (2) “help,” “assist,” as in Lk 57, Phil 42; P Giss I. 1113 (A.D. 118) (= Chrest. I. p. 523) καλῶς οὖν ποι[ήσἼης, φίλτατε, σ[υ]νλαβόμενος το[ὺ]ς ἐμούς, 23. 254 (ii/a.p.) συνλαμβανόμενός μοι ἐν τῷ πράγματι, 16. 753 (ii/A.D.) παρακ]αλῶ σε, ἄδελφε, συνλαβέσθαι [᾿Απολλ]ωνίωι, and P Oxy VII. 1064? (iii/A.D.) γράφω σοι οὖν εἰδώς σου τὸ σπουδαῖον ὅπως συνλάβῃς τῴ Απει, “so knowing your goodness I write to you that you may assist Apis” (Ed.) : (3) “conceive,” as in Lk 14, a/.: see exx. from medical writers in Hobart p. orf. Συνλήβδην, ‘in sum,” “in general,’’ occurs in P Fay 217 (A.D. 134). For σύλληψις see OGZS 9017 (Rosetta stone— B.C. 196) with the editor’s note, also Preisigke Fachworter J.v., and for συλλήπτωρ see OG/S 6549 (i/z.c.) Ν]είλωι συνλήπτορι χαριστήρια.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συλλαμβάνω (sullambanō) — to seize/conceive/help. συλλαμβάνω, future -λήψομαι: perfect -είληφα, passive -είλημμαι: aorist συνέλᾰβον, infinitive συλλᾰβεῖν:—middle, present in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist συνελαβόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive (see. below; in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—collect, gather together, especially rally scattered troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τοὺς περιγενομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. take with one, carry off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συλλαβὼν θεσπίσματα κεῖται παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ with all his prophecies, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκπλει σεαυτὸν συλλαβὼν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς pack yourself off, [Refs]
3. put together, close, τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς (of a corpse) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα shut his mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enclose, τῇ ἐπιδέσει συλλαμβάνοντα συνάγειν τοὺς μηρούς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. b combine in pronunciation, λέγε δὴ μόλωμεν ξυνεχὲς ὡδὶ ξυλλαβών say αὐτὸ μόλωμεν as one word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. in speaking, comprehend, comprise, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+].; εἰς ἓν πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be comprehended (logically), μετὰ τοῦ γένους αἱ συλλαμβανόμεναι διαφοραί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σὺν τῇ ὕλῃ συνειλημμένος, i.e. concrete, opposed to abstract, [Refs]
II. lay hands on, seize, ὁλκάδας [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ξ. τῶν σχοινίων lay hold of them, help to pull, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, τίς ξυλλάβοιτ᾽ ἂν τοῦ ξύλο; [Refs]
II. b buy up, τὰ τρύβλια [Refs]
II.2. seize the person of.., apprehend, arrest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ζῶντα, ὅμηρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συλλαβόντας αὐτὸν ἴσχειν seize and hold him, [Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, πρὶν ξυλληφθῆναι before they were arrested, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. of the mind, grasp the meaning of, comprehend, τὸ χρηστήριον, τὸ ῥηθέν, τὸν λόγον, τὴν φωνήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. receive at the same time, enjoy together, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. of females, conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the womb, σ. τὸ σπέρμα [Refs 4th c.BC+] near to be delivered, [LXX]
V. take with or besides, take as an assistant, τὴν δίκην σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. with dative person, take pert with another, assist him, οὐ τοῖς ἀθύμοις ἡ τύχη ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δυνατὰ τῇ πόλει ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τισί τι take part with or assist them in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] contributed towards persuading, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, assist, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεῖ δὲ ξυλλαμβάνοντα τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέεσθαι while invoking the gods one must help oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2. middle, c.genitive of things, take part in, συνελάβοντο τοῦ στρατεύματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυνελάβοντο τοῦ τοιούτου οὐχ ἥκιστα, ὥστε.. especially contributed to this, [Refs 5th c.BC+] intervene in a storm together with circumstance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]