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λαμβάνω lambánō

Greek · Strong's G2983 · used 266 times in 251 verses

Meaning

while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))

In the King James Version: accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up)

Derivation: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas G1209 (δέχομαι) is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one;

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