Lexical Definition

‎ἀναλαμβάνω‎ analambánō (an-al-am-ban'-o) to take up ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and ‎λαμβάνω‎

receive up, take (in, unto, up).

• to take up

Abbott-Smith

ἀνα-λαμβάνω, [in LXX chiefly for נשׂא, also for לקח, etc.;]
1. to take up, raise: Mk 16:19, Ac 1:2, 11 1:22 10:16, I Ti 3:16.
2. to take up, take to oneself: Ac 7:43 20:13, 14 23:31, Eph 6:13, 16, II Ti 4:11 (for late exx., v MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀναλαμβάνω,

future -λήψομαι: Ionic dialect perfect infinitive passive -λελάμφθαι or -λελάφθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -λελαμμένος[Refs]:—take up, take into one's hands, τὸ παιδίον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; take on board ship,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; take up into heaven, in passive, [LXX+NT]: and generally, take with one, especially of troops, supplies, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἀναλαβών often = with, ἄνδρας ἀναλαβὼν ἡγήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b suspend in a sling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c metaphorically, take up, for the purpose of examining, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 receive, φιλοφρόνως ἀ.[Refs]; of women, ἀ. τὴν γονήν conceive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 take upon oneself, assume, τὴν προξενίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόσμον, of a king, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρόσωπον, σχῆμα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 in middle, undertake, engage in, ἀναλαβέσθαι κίνδυνον [Refs 5th c.BC+] —also active, ἀντὶ τῆς φιλίας τὸν πόλεμον ἀναλαβεῖν Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 take up, adopt, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__6 of money, confiscate, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κλῆρος ἀνειλημμένος εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__7 learn by rote, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__8 include, τῷ νόμῳ[Refs]
__9 in Medicine texts, make up ingredients, κηρῷ καὶ νάρδῳ[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so in Magic, ἀ. οἴνῳ καὶ μέλιτι, ὄξει, [Refs]
__10 raise, erect a wall, [Refs]
__11 absolutely, lift up one's voice, [LXX]
__II get back, regain, recover, τὴν ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 retrieve, make good, τὴν αἰτίην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 restore, repair, τὴν προτέρην κακότητα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτόν recover oneself, regain strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; collect oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 take up again, resume, in narrative or argument, τὸν λόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναλαβεῖν διεξιόντα repeat in detail, [Refs]; at Rome, ἀ. θυσίας, = instaurare sacra, [Refs 1st c.AD+]recollect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without τῇ μνήμῃ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ἀ. μνήμην recover a memory, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ. run over in one's mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 receive back into a family, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III pull up short, of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; check, οἷόνπερ ἵππον τὸν λόγον ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰς κύνας call them back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV win over, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V ἀγορὰν στοαῖς ἀνειλημμένην διτταῖς, perhaps on a terrace supported by two colonnades, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.1.11 ☩ LXX.Num.14.1}