παραλαμβάνω paralambanō

Greek word for “to take” · Strong’s G3880 · used 49 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

παρα-λαμβάνω; 1. with accusative of thing(s), like παραδέχομαι, correl.

How it is translated

Glosses given for paralambanō in context, with how often each is used:

• received 9
• having taken 7
• takes 5
• took 4
• have received 4
• do take 3
• having taken with 3
• takes with 2
• taken 2
• will be taken 2
• receive 1
• take with 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 2 (4), Acts 21 (3), Matthew 1 (2), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 24 (2), Luke 9 (2), Luke 17 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (2), Galatians 1 (2), Matthew 12 (1)

Forms

• παραλαβὼν 9
• παραλαμβάνει 8
• παρέλαβον 6
• παρελάβετε 5
• παρέλαβεν 4
• παράλαβε 3
• παραλαμβάνεται 2
• παραλαβόντες 2
• παραλημφθήσεται 2
• παραλαβεῖν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with paralambanō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μετά meta “with/after” 10
• τότε tote “then” 7
• παιδίον paidion “child” 5
• δύο duo “two” 6
• κατά kata “according to” 8
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 5
• ἴδιος idios “one's own/private” 5
• Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos “James” 4
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 5
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 5
• εἷς ehis “one” 6
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 5

Key verses

The verses using paralambanō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee…
• Matthew 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee…
• Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man…
• John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• 1 Corinthians 11:23 — For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
• 1 Corinthians 15:3 — For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• Philippians 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
• Colossians 2:6 — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye…
• 2 Thessalonians 3:6 — Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the…
• Hebrews 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.