lambanō G2983

λαμβάνω (lambanō) means “to take” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λαμβάνω Greek · G2983 257 tagged occurrences in 242 verses

Pronunciation guide: lam-ban'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2983

λαμβάνω · lambanō · to take

λαμβάνω, [in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז ,לכד ,נשׂא, etc. ;] 1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mat.26:26, Mrk.14:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.5:40 26:52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:35, Mrk.12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mat.13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mrk.7:27, Jhn.19:1, 40 Rev.8:5, al.; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), ἀφορμήν, Rom.7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Jas.5:10; id. with accusative of person(s), φόβος, Luk.7:16; πνεῦμα, Luk.9:39; πειρασμός, 1Co.10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; BL, §59, 4), Rev.5:7 8:5, al. 2. to receive: absol., opposite to αἰτεῖν, Mat.7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mat.10:8, Act.20:35; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.27:6, Mrk.10:3o, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:21 13:20 19:27, 2Jo.10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., §38, 3), Mrk.14:65; metaphorically, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jhn.3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jhn.12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124f.), Mrk.10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

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How translators render G2983

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
took	16
receives	11
vvv	10
receive	9
he took	7
received	7
to take	7
take	6
to receive	6
will receive	6
taking	5
you will receive	5
married	4
who had received	4
collect	3
may receive	3
take it	3
they took	3
you received	3
accepts	2
brought	2
did you receive	2
for	2
he has received	2
he received	2
he will receive	2
i have received	2
is to marry	2
seizing	2
they seized	2
to take it up	2
with	2
you did not receive	2
you gathered	2
you have received	2
you take	2
accept	1
accepting	1
after taking	1
and conspired	1
and took	1
as soon as he had received	1
but did not take along	1
by accepting	1
by taking	1
collectors	1
collects	1
conferring together	1
contract	1
did not take it	1
did receive	1
does not receive	1
does not show favoritism	1
does not take up	1
draw	1
draws	1
drink	1
endured	1
formed a plan	1
from procuring	1
had not received	1
had received	1
has had	1
has seized	1
have not received	1
have received	1
have received authority	1
have received them	1
having received	1
he had taken	1
he took him	1
he took it	1
he took up	1
i caught	1
i do not accept	1
i have already obtained all this	1
i received	1
i took	1
if you accept	1
jesus took	1
keeps seizing	1
may be	1
on receiving	1
on receiving their pay	1
paul took	1
picked up	1
plotted	1
put on	1
received back	1
receives it	1
repayment	1
seized	1
swept over	1
takes	1
takes advantage of you	1
that is received	1
the spirit will take	1
they collected	1
they divided	1
they received	1
they seized the son	1
they would receive	1
to collect	1
to follow	1
to have	1
to lay claim	1
to take away	1
to take up	1
took and	1
took him	1
took the scroll	1
us	1
was	1
was enabled	1
was taken with	1
we accept	1
we did not bring	1
we have now received	1
we have received	1
we may receive	1
we might receive	1
we received	1
we who teach will be	1
we will receive	1
who become	1
who had	1
will be rewarded	1
will bring	1
will fail to receive	1
will take	1
without catching	1
you did not	1
you did receive it	1
you have already received	1
you have not received	1
you have received it	1
you have taken	1
you people do not accept	1
you receive	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
took	33
receive	14
take	14
he took	12
received	12
receiveth	12
shall receive	8
to take	8
having received	7
have received	6
to receive	5
ye receive	5
ye shall receive	5
and took	4
he shall receive	4
taketh	4
taking	4
had taken	3
he received	3
he that had received	3
they took	3
had	2
had received	2
have	2
may receive	2
should take	2
taken	2
that had received	2
they caught	2
they received	2
we have received	2
we receive	2
ye have received	2
ye received	2
ye took up	2
acceptest thou	1
accepteth	1
and hath	1
and have taken	1
and held	1
and took upon him	1
at	1
attained	1
began	1
came into	1
did take	1
do	1
hath received	1
have i received	1
he	1
he had taken	1
he may receive	1
he might receive	1
he shall take	1
he that receiveth	1
i caught	1
i had	1
i have received	1
i might take	1
i took	1
if it be received	1
let	1
let him take	1
may take	1
might receive	1
obtain	1
receive ye	1
received i	1
received ye	1
receiving	1
shall ye receive	1
take away	1
that he may take	1
that they might receive	1
that we have received	1
there came	1
they	1
they might receive	1
they should have received	1
they that are	1
they that received	1
they that take	1
they were	1
they which receive	1
thou didst	1
thou hadst	1
thou hast received	1
thou hast taken to thee	1
to do	1
took they	1
we have	1
we have taken	1
we may obtain	1
we might receive	1
we shall receive	1
when he had received	1
when he had taken	1
when i call	1
when they had received	1
when they had taken	1
which receive	1
who receive	1
who receiveth	1
ye have	1
ye have brought	1
ye have taken	1
ye will receive	1

Verses containing G2983

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Matthew 5:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
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Matthew 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Matthew 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
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Matthew 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
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Matthew 10:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
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Matthew 10:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
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Matthew 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
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Matthew 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
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Matthew 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.
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Matthew 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
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Matthew 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
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Matthew 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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Matthew 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
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Matthew 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.
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Matthew 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”
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Matthew 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
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Matthew 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
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Matthew 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
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Matthew 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
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Matthew 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
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Matthew 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
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Matthew 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
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Matthew 20:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
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Matthew 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
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Matthew 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
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Matthew 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
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Matthew 21:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
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Matthew 21:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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Matthew 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
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Matthew 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
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Matthew 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
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Matthew 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
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Matthew 25:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
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Matthew 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
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Matthew 25:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
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Matthew 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
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Matthew 26:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
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Matthew 26:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
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Matthew 26:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
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Matthew 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
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Matthew 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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Matthew 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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Matthew 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
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Matthew 27:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
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Matthew 27:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
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Matthew 27:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
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Matthew 27:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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Matthew 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
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Matthew 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
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Mark 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
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