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GreekG3880Verb

παραλαμβάνω

paralambanō

50Occurrences
G3880Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn

from G3844 (παρά) and G2983 (λαμβάνω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.with accusative of thing(s), like παραδέχομαι, correl. to παραδίδωμι, to receive from another
2.C. accusative of person(s), to take to or with oneself
LXX: chiefly for לָקַח, also for יָרַשׁ, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

παραλαμβάνω appears 50 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
16
Luke
7
Acts
6
Mark
6
1 Corinthians
3
John
3
1 Thessalonians
2
Colossians
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:23BSB

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

Acts 21:32BSB

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Luke 11:26BSB

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

Matthew 17:1BSB

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 27:27BSB

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.