ἀπολαμβάνω
apolambanō
“to get back”
Definition
to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside
from G575 (ἀπό) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);
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Occurrences
ἀπολαμβάνω appears 10 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
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