G5274: ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō)

G5274 ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὑπολαμβάνω v. I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome

Strong's Definition

from 5259 and 2983; to take from below, i.e. carry upward; figuratively, to take up, i.e. continue a discourse or topic; mentally, to assume (presume)

KJV Usage: answer, receive, suppose

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὑπολαμβάνω (G5274)

verb | aor. ὑπέλαβον · ptc. ὑπολαβών | λαμβάνω

15.102 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Up, Ascend

to make ascend, to take up to cause to ascend

ACT 1:9

33.187 · Communication · Question, Answer

to reply to respond to respond to what has been said (in the NT restricted to responses to questions)

LUK 10:30

35.1 · Help, Care For · Help

to help to assist in supplying what may be needed

3JN 1:8

31.29 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Suppose, Think Possible

to suppose, to presume, to assume, to imagine, to believe, to think to regard something as presumably true, but without particular certainty In some languages the equivalent of ‘to suppose’ or ‘to presume’ is ‘to think somewhat’ or ‘to think perhaps’ or ‘to think a little.’ In some instances the lack of certainty is spelled out clearly as ‘to think, but not with certainty’ or ‘to think, but not to know’ or ‘to think, but not to be sure.’

LUK 7:43 · ACT 2:15

¹ The various terms noted in 35.1 (ἀντιλαμβάνω[a], ἐπιλαμβάνομαι[d], ὑπολαμβάνω[c], συμβάλλω[e], παρίστημι[l], ἀντέχω[c], ἐπαρκέω[a], βοηθέω, βοήθεια[a]) with a generic meaning of ‘help’ no doubt possess certain contrastive features of meaning, at least of a connotative type, but there is no specific evidence of this in NT usage.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὑπολαμβάνω; 2 aor. ὑπέλαβον; 1. to take up (lit. under [cf. ὑπό, III. 1]) in order to raise, to bear on high, (Hdt. 1, 24); to take up and carry away (ὥσπερ νῆα ἄνεμοι ὑπολαβόντες, Stob. serm. 6 p. 79, 17) : τινά, Acts 1. 9 (see ὀφθαλμός, mid.). 2. to receive hospitably, welcome: τινά, ὃ Jn. 8 LT Tr WH (Xen. an. 1, 1, 7). 9: to take up i. 6. follow in speech, in order either to reply to or controvert or supplement what another has said (very often so in prof. auth. fr. Hdt. down): ὑπολαβὼν εἶπεν, Lk. x. 80 (for 73), Job ii. 4; iv. 1; vi. 1; ix. 1; xi. 1; xii. 1, etc.). 4. to take up in the mind, i.e. to assume, suppose: Acts ii. 15; foll. by ὅτι (sc. πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει), Lk. vii. 43, (Job xxv. 3; Tob. vi. 18; Sap. xvii. 2; 3 Mace. iii.8; 4 Mace. ν. 17 (18) etc., and often in prof. auth. fr. Xen. and Plat. down).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὑπολαμβάνω hypolambanō 5x

to take up, by placing one’s self underneath what is taken up; to catch away, withdraw, Acts 1:9; to take up discourse by continuation; hence, to answer, Lk. 10:30; to take up a notion, to think, suppose, Lk. 7:43; Acts 2:15; receive as a guest, 3 Jn. 8*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὑπο-λαμβάνω

[in LXX: Jb 2:4 4:1 and freq. (עָנָה), Ps 47 (48):9 (דָּמָה pi.), To 6:17, Wi 17:2, III Mac 3:8, 11, al. ;]

to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): c. acc pers., Ac 1:9.

to receive, welcome, entertain (Xen.): III Jo 8.

to catch up in speech (Hdt., al.; Jb, ll. c.): Lk 10:30.

Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., al.; To, Wis, III Mac, ll. c.): Ac 2:15; seq. ὅτι (v. Bl., § 70, 2), Lk 7:43.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὑπολαμβάνω. The derived meaning ‘‘ take up in the mind,” ‘‘assume,”’ “suppose,” which this verb has in Lk 74%, Ac 215, may be illustrated from such passages as P Cairo Zen II. 59251 (B.C. 252) ὑπελαμβάνομεν ταχέως παρέσασθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, P Tebt I. 1515 (B.c. 114) καλῶς ἔχειν ὑπελάβομεν διασαφῆσαι ἵ[ν᾽ εἰδῇς, ‘‘ therefore I thought it well to report the matter for your information” (Edd.), P Grenf II. 36!° (B.C. 95) ὑπελαμβάνοσαν φονευθήσεσθαι, “they expected to be killed,” and P Fay 124%5 (ii/a.D.) μὴ yap ὑπολάβῃς τὴ]ν μητέραν cov περὶ τούτων [τ]ρέμειν, ‘do not suppose that your mother has any alarm about this course’ (Edd.). For the more literal ‘‘take up and carry away” (cf. Ac 1°), see CPR I. 12! (A.p. 83-4) ὅτι δ᾽ ἂν τούτων παραβῆι ἡ ΤΠτολεμ]αὶς ἀποτίσ{εται τῷ Μάρωνι παρ]αχρῆμα ὃ ὑπείληφεν... κεφαλαῖον μεθ᾽ ἡμιολίας, and BGU III. γοο 19 (time of Anton. Pius) ἀποτισάτω ἂς ὑπείληφεν δραχμάς.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὑπολαμβάνω (hupolambanō) — to take up/suppose. ὑπολαμβάνω, also ὑπολάζυμαι (which see), late Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural future -λαμψοῦνται[Refs]:—take up by getting under, as the dolphin did [NT+6th c.BC+] __b bear up, support, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. take up, seize or come suddenly upon, ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a storm of wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a fit of madness, [Refs]; of a pestilence,[Refs]; of a river taking up earth thrown into it, [Refs]; of winds taking up water, [Refs]; of soldiers marching, δυσχωρία ὑπελάμβανεν αὐτούς, i. e. they came suddenly into difficult ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of events, follow next, come next, ὑπέλαβε ναυμαχίη καρτερή [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. in discourse, take up what is said, interpret or understand it in a certain way, ταύτῃ ὑπολαμβάνεις ᾗ ἃν κακουργήσαις μάλιστα τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τι εἴς τινα understand it of, i. e. apply it to, him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; rejoin, retort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive, reply that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπολαμβάνεῖν χρὴ εἰ.. retort by asking whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] he said in answer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b take up, interrupt, μεταξὺ ὑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. take up the conqueror, fight with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. take up a charge, [Refs]; ὑ. τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τινός take up and turn it to their own use, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. ={ὑποδέχομαι}, receive and protect, ὁ Κῦρος ὑπολαβὼν τοὺς φεύγοντας (the exiles) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; admit a visitor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a doctor, take in hand, treat a patient, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. accept or entertain a proposal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδεὶς ὑπολάβῃ δυσκόλως ἐὰν.. take it amiss, [Refs]

III. take up a notion, assume, suppose, frequently of an ill-grounded opinion, ὑ. θεῖον εἶναι τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: an adverb is frequently added to give the word a good sense, ὀρθῶς ὑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] omitted, assume or understand a thing to be so and so, τὰ φύματα τεχνικώτατον ὑπειληφέναι (i.e. εἶναι) δεῖ δύνασθαι διαλύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χαλεπὸν κακὸν (i.e. εἶναι) ὑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τι ὡς ὂν.. [Refs]; τὸν αἰθέρα τῇδέ πῃ ὑ. conceive of the word αἰθήρ somewhat in this way, [Refs 5th c.BC+] though I assume this to be so, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὃ βούλει, ὑπολάμβανε[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑ. ὅτι.. [Refs]:—passive, τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβάνομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπως ποθ᾽ ὑπείλημμαι περὶ τούτων ἀρκεῖ μοι I am content with whatever opinion of me has been formed in these matters, [Refs]: with infinitive, τῇ φιλανθρωπίᾳ ἢν ἔχειν ὑπείληψαι παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπολαμβάνεται δεδωκέναι is understood to have granted, [Refs] ={πᾶσα ὑπόληψις}[Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.2. suspect, disbelieve, [Refs 5th c.BC+] means 'I know how some people regard it'.

IV. draw away, seduce, ὑ. μισθῷ μείζονι τοὺς ναυβάτας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.2. take away, remove, seize, τοῖς ἐπικούροις φράσας τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν ordering his bodyguard to remove the arms (of the citizens), [Refs]

IV.3. receive, ἀποτίσει.. ὃ ὑπείληφεν.. ἀργυρικὸν κεφάλαιον Mitteis [Refs 1st c.AD+]

V. ὑ. ἵππον, as a term of horsemanship, hold up the horse, check him in his course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]