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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 49 times in 49 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:24 - When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:1 - Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:17 - As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:40 - Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:41 - There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:37 - He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:27 - Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:36 - So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just 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 began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room 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, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2 - Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:32 - They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:33 - He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:10 - When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:34 - I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:31 - Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:11 - He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:3 - And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:17 - and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:39 - They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:33 - At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:26 - Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:23 - For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on 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 want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:3 - For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also 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, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:12 - For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:6 - Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:17 - And tell Archippus, "See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:6 - But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28 - So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
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