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Lexicon :: Strong's G4355 - proslambanō

Aa
προσλαμβάνω
Transliteration
proslambanō (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-lam-ban'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:15,495

Strong’s Definitions

προσλαμβάνω proslambánō, pros-lam-ban'-o; from G4314 and G2983; to take to oneself, i.e. use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality):—receive, take (unto).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G4355 in the following manner: receive (7x), take (5x), take unto (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G4355 in the following manner: receive (7x), take (5x), take unto (2x).

  1. to take to, take in addition, to take to one's self

    1. to take as one's companion

    2. to take by the hand in order to lead aside

    3. to take or receive into one's home, with the collateral idea of kindness

    4. to receive, i.e. grant one access to one's heart

      1. to take into friendship and intercourse

    5. to take to one's self, to take: i.e. food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσλαμβάνω proslambánō, pros-lam-ban'-o; from G4314 and G2983; to take to oneself, i.e. use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality):—receive, take (unto).
STRONGS G4355:
προσλαμβάνω: 2 aorist infinitive προσλαβεῖν (Acts 27:34 Rec. see below); middle, present προσλαμβάνομαι; 2 aorist προσελαβομην; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; to take to, take in addition (cf. πρός, IV. 2); in the N. T. found only in the middle, to take to oneself (cf. Buttmann, § 135, 4): τινα (cf. Buttmann, 160f (140));
a. to take as one's companion (A. V. take one unto one): Acts 17:5; Revelation 18
b. to take by the hand in order to lead aside (A. V. (simply) take): Matthew 16:22; Mark 8:32.
c. to take or (so A. V.) receive into one's home, with the collateral idea of kindness: Philemon 1:12. R G, Philemon 1:17; into shelter, Acts 28:2.
d. to receive, i. e. grant one access to one's heart; to take into friendship and contact: Romans 14:1; Romans 15:7; God and Christ are said προσλάβεσθαι (to have received) those whom, formerly estranged from them, they have reunited to themselves by the blessings of the gospel, Romans 14:3; Romans 15:7; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 49, 6 [ET],(cf. Psalm 26:10 (Ps. 27:10); Psalm 64:5 (Ps. 65:5); Psalm 72:24 (Ps. 73:24).
e. to take to oneself, to take: μηδέν (A. V. having taken nothing) i. e. no food, Acts 27:33; τροφῆς (a portion of (A. V. (not R. V.) 'some')) food, cf. Buttmann, 160f (140), Acts 27:36 (in Acts 27:34 G L T Tr WH have restored μεταλαβεῖν (so R. V. (`to take some food')) for προσλαβεῖν).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
26:10; 27:10; 64:5; 65:5; 73:24
Matthew
16:22
Mark
8:32
Acts
17:5; 27:33; 27:34; 27:34; 27:36; 28:2
Romans
14:1; 14:3; 15:7; 15:7
Philemon
1:12; 1:17
Revelation
18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4355 matches the Greek προσλαμβάνω (proslambanō),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:22 - And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:32 - And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 - And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:33 - And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:36 - Then they all took heart and did the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2 - And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:3 - Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:7 - So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:17 - If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.
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