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Lexicon :: Strong's G3880 - paralambanō

Aa
παραλαμβάνω
Transliteration
paralambanō (Key)
Pronunciation
par-al-am-ban'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
49x in 16 unique form(s) TR
50x in 18 unique form(s) LXX
22x in 11 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:11,495

Strong’s Definitions

παραλαμβάνω paralambánō, par-al-am-ban'-o; from G3844 and G2983; 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:—receive, take (unto, with).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G3880 in the following manner: take (30x), receive (15x), take unto (2x), take up (2x), take away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G3880 in the following manner: take (30x), receive (15x), take unto (2x), take up (2x), take away (1x).

  1. to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self

    1. an associate, a companion

    2. metaph.

      1. to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be

      2. not to reject, not to withhold obedience

  2. to receive something transmitted

    1. an office to be discharged

    2. to receive with the mind

      1. by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds

      2. by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραλαμβάνω paralambánō, par-al-am-ban'-o; from G3844 and G2983; 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:—receive, take (unto, with).
STRONGS G3880:
παραλαμβάνω; future παραλήψομαι, in L T Tr WH παραλήμψομαι (John 14:3; see Mu); 2 aorist παρέλαβον, 3 person plural παρελάβοσαν (2 Thessalonians 3:6 G T L marginal reading Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; cf. δολιόω (yet see WH's Appendix, p. 165)); passive, present παραλαμβάνομαι; 1 future παραληφθήσομαι, in L T Tr WH παραλημφθήσομαι (see Mu; Luke 17:34-36); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for לָקַח;
1. to take to (cf. παρά, IV. 1), to take with oneself, to join to oneself: τινα, an associate, a companion, Matthew 17:1; Matthew 26:37; Mark 4:36; Mark 5:40; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:32; Luke 9:10, 28; Luke 11:26; Luke 18:31; Acts 15:39; in the passive, Matthew 24:40, 41; Luke 17:34-36; one to be led off as a prisoner, John 19:16; Acts 23:18; to take with one in order to carry away, Matthew 2:13f, 20f; τινα μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ, Matthew 12:45; Matthew 18:16; Mark 14:33; παραλαμβάνειν γυναῖκα, to take one's betrothed to his home, Matthew 1:20, 24; τινα followed by εἰς with an accusative of place, to take (and bring, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 66, 2 d.) one with one into a place, Matthew 4:5, 8; Matthew 27:27; τινα κατ' ἰδίαν, Matthew 20:17; middle with πρός ἐμαυτόν, to my companionship, where I myself dwell, John 14:3. The participle is prefixed to other active verbs to describe the action more in detail, Acts 16:33; Acts 21:24, 26, 32 (here L WH marginal reading λαβών). Metaphorically, equivalent to "to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be; not to reject, not to withhold obedience": τινα, John 1:11.
2. to receive something transmitted;
a. properly: παραλαμβάνειν διακονίαν, an office to be discharged, Colossians 4:17; βασιλείαν, Hebrews 12:28 (so for the Chaldean קַבֵּל in Daniel 5:31; Daniel 7:18, Theod.; Herodotus 2, 120; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 20, 5 (where see Müller)); τήν ἀρχήν, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch).
b. to receive with the mind; by oral transmission: τί followed by ἀπό with a genitive of the author from whom the tradition proceeds, 1 Corinthians 11:23 (on which cf. Paret in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. for 1858, Bd. iii., p. 48ff; (see references in ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa.)); by the narration of others, by the instruction of teachers (used of disciples): (τόν Χριστόν Ἰησοῦν τόν κύριον, Colossians 2:6); τί, 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3; Galatians 1:9; Philippians 4:9; (τί followed by an infinitive, Mark 7:4); τί παρά τίνος (see references under the word παρά, the passage cited), Galatians 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; παρά τίνος, καθώς... τό πῶς δεῖ etc. 1 Thessalonians 4:1, (σοφίαν παρά τίνος, Plato, Lach., p. 197 d.; Euthyd., p. 304 c.). (Compare: συμπαραλαμβάνω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Daniel
5:31; 7:18
Matthew
1:20; 1:24; 2:13; 2:20; 4:5; 4:8; 12:45; 17:1; 18:16; 20:17; 24:40; 24:41; 26:37; 27:27
Mark
4:36; 5:40; 7:4; 9:2; 10:32; 14:33
Luke
9:10; 9:28; 11:26; 17:34; 17:34; 17:35; 17:35; 17:36; 17:36; 18:31
John
1:11; 14:3; 14:3; 19:16
Acts
15:39; 16:33; 21:24; 21:26; 21:32; 23:18
1 Corinthians
11:23; 15:1; 15:3
Galatians
1:9; 1:12
Philippians
4:9
Colossians
2:6; 4:17
1 Thessalonians
2:13; 4:1
2 Thessalonians
3:6; 3:6
Hebrews
12:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3880 matches the Greek παραλαμβάνω (paralambanō),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And Abraam rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole-burnt-offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - And take up your father, and your possessions, and come to me; and I will give you of all the goods of Egypt, and ye shall eat the marrow of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - And it was morning; and Balac took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and shewed him thence a part of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:20 - Behold, I have received commandment to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balac said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - Take men from the people, one of each tribe,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and formed an ambush in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people went forth out of the city, and he rose up against them, and smote them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amasias strengthened himself, and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. (LXX 5:1a) And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. (5:1b) And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful, as it were benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. (5:1c) And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. (5:1d) And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. (5:1e) But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, (5:1f) What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared to thee, Draw nigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:2 - He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not into light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - (LXX 6:1) And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever.
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