G2983 λαμβάνω
Strong's Greek Concordance · 276 KJV occurrences
λαμβάνω
lambánō
Definition
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
KJV Renderings
accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up)
Derivation / Etymology
a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas G1209 (δέχομαι) is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 276)
- Matthew 5:40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
- Matthew 22:15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
- Mark 12:3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- John 18:31Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
- Acts 25:16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
- 2 Corinthians 11:24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
- James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.