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Lexicon :: Strong's G3880 - paralambanō

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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 50 times in 50 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:24 - And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:1 - And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:17 - And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:40 - Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:41 - two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:37 - And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:27 - Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:36 - And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:40 - And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - and when they come from the marketplace, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2 - And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:32 - And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:33 - And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - And the apostles, when they were returned, declared unto him what things they had done. And he took them, and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:34 - I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:35 - There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:36 - [fn]There shall be two men in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:31 - And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:11 - He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:16 - Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:39 - And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - these take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things whereof they have been informed concerning thee; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:26 - Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:23 - For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:1 - Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:3 - For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:9 - As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:12 - For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:6 - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:17 - And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 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 tradition which they received of us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28 - Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
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