Lexical Definition

‎λαμβάνω‎ lambánō (lam-ban'-o) to take ^G:V
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 ‎δέχομαι‎ is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one

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).

• while ‎αἱρέομαι‎ is more violent, to seize or remove))

Abbott-Smith

λαμβάνω, [in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for נשׂא, לכד, אחז, etc.;]

1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mt 26:26, Mk 14:22; c. acc. rei, Mt 5:40 26:52, al. mult.; c. acc. pers., Mt 21:35, Mk 12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mt 13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mk 7:27, Jo 19:1, 40, Re 8:5, al.; metaph., c. acc. rei, ἀφορμήν, Ro 7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Ja 5:10; id. c. acc. pers., φόβος, Lk 7:16; πνεῦμα, Lk 9:39; πειρασμός, I Co 10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; Bl., § 59, 4), Re 5:7 8:5, al.
2. to receive: absol., opp. to αἰτεῖν, Mt 7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mt 10:8, Ac 20:35; c. acc. rei, Mt 27:6, Mk 10:30, al. mult.; c. acc. pers., Jo 6:21 13:20 19:27, II Jo 10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., § 38, 3), Mk 14:65; metaph., τ. λόγον, Mt 13:20, Mk 4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jo 3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jo 12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Lk 20:21, Ga 2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124 f.), Mk 10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λαμβάνω,

future λήψομαι (λήψω only late, variant in [LXX]; Ionic dialect λάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialectfuture 2nd pers. singular λαψῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive λαμψεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔλᾰβον, Epic dialect ἔλλᾰβον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Iterat. λάβεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; written λάβε in middle Ms. of [Refs 4th c.BC+] Attic dialectaccusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect εἴληφα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λελαβήκειν [Refs]: pluperfect εἰλήφειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (κατα-); Doric dialect perfect subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular (παρ-) λελόνβῃ [Refs] —middle, aorist 2 ἐλαβόμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect reduplicate λελαβέσθαι [Refs]:—passive, future ληφθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλήφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην [NT]; Doric dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect εἴλημμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in Trag.usually λέλημμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (δια-); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) [Refs]; Ionic dialect λέλαμμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀνα-λελάφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] (accusative to many codices, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural λελήφαται [Refs]; Doric dialect perfect imperative λελάφθω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—in the future, aorist passive, and perfect passive the a is short by nature in Ionic dialect, probably long in Doric dialect and in Doric dialect ized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται [Refs 1st c.BC+]; it is marked long in Aeolic dialect λᾱμψεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist active, and aorist middle twice (see. above); the Homeric present is λάζομαι. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) take; the other (more passive) receive:

__I take,
__I.1 take hold of, grasp, seize, μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle, λ. ἄγραν ποσίν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative of the thing seized, λ. γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also with accusative of whole, genitive of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing,[Refs 8th c.BC+] they took hold of one another with their arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—frequently in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.1.b take by violence, carry off as prize or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; capture a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an eagle, [Refs]; of a dolphin, [Refs]
__I.1.c λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 of passions, feelings, etc., seize, μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου], [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b of a deity, seize, possess, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.2.c of darkness, etc., occupy, possess, εὖτ᾽ ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 catch, overtake, as an enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, find, come upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 catch, find out, detect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ αἰτιάματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with adjective, ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δρῶσ᾽ ἐλήφθης [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν᾽ εὐσεβῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 with double accusative, take as, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ᾽ [Refs]; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.7 τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi to be read λαβών, ἐς..) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.8 λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.8.b take food or drugs, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.9 apprehend by the senses, ὄμμασιν θέαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόσφθεγμά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.9.b apprehend with the mind, understand, φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.9.c with adverb added, take, i.e. understand in a certain manner, ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε, [λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον.. “PMag.Par.” 1.2434:">Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, λ. τι εἶναί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λ. τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.9.d in Logic, assume, take for granted, ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα[Refs]; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.9.e take, i.e. determine, estimate, τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.10 take in hand, undertake (compare ληπτέον), λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opposed to συνταχύνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες without taking any trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.11 take in, hold, τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.12 participle λαβών frequently seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.12.b ingressive of ἔχων (ἔχω (A) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II receive,
__II.1 have given one, get, receive, properly of things [Refs 8th c.BC+], see belowe; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gain, win, κλέος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in bad sense, λ. ὀνείδη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.b receive hospitably, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.1.c receive in marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, i.e. those who married their daughters, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.1.d λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν, receive a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.e λ. δίκην receive, i.e. suffer, punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.f λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.1.g λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κῦμα λ., of the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.1.h receive as produce, profit, etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ, purchase for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__i λ. πεῖράν τινος, see at {πεῖρα}.
__2 admit of, ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b admit, initiate, τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of persons conceiving feelings and the like, λ. θυμόν take heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰδῶ λ., ={αἰδεῖσθαι}, [Refs]; λ. ὀργήν, ={ὀργίζεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, ={ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. νόσον take a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μορφήν, τέλος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 with infinitive, receive permission to.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B middle, take hold of, lay hold on, with genitive, [σχεδίης] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of, ἀρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καιροῦ λαβόμενος seizing the opportunity, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.3 lay hands upon, χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (i.e. αἱ νῆες) reaching Delos, [Refs]
__B.5 find fault with, censure, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.6 λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.16.19}