λαμβάνω

λαμβάνω,

[in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז ,לכד ,נשׂא, etc. ;]

1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Matt 26,26, Mark 14,22; with accusative of thing(s), Matt 5,40; 26,52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Matt 21,35, Mark 12,3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Matt 13,31; 14,19, al.; so also indic., Mark 7,27, Joh 19,1, 40 Åb 8,5, al.; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), ἀφορμήν, Rom 7,8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Jak 5,10 id. with accusative of person(s), φόβος, Luk 7,16 πνεῦμα, Luk 9,39 πειρασμός, 1 Kor 10,13 aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; BL, §59, 4), Åb 5,7; 8,5, al.

2. to receive: absol., opposite to αἰτεῖν, Matt 7,8, al.; διδόναι, Matt 10,8, ApG 20,35; with accusative of thing(s), Matt 27,6, Mark 10,3o, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Joh 6,21; 13,20; 19,27, 2 Joh 10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., §38, 3), Mark 14,65 metaphorically, τ. λόγον, Matt 13,20, Mark 4,16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Joh 3,11 τ. ῥήματα, Joh 12,48 πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Luk 20,21, Gal 2,6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124f.), Mark 10,30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).