Greek word study

λαμβάνωlambánō — I receive, take

(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

Translated in the King James as: 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)

Appears 247 times in Scripture

Origin: 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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Where it appears

Matthew — 52×

Matt 5:40 Matt 7:8 Matt 8:17 Matt 10:8 Matt 10:38 Matt 10:41 Matt 12:14 Matt 13:20 Matt 13:31 Matt 13:33 Matt 14:19 Matt 15:26 Matt 15:36 Matt 16:5 Matt 16:7 Matt 16:9 Matt 16:10 Matt 17:24 Matt 17:25 Matt 17:27 Matt 19:29 Matt 20:9 Matt 20:10 Matt 20:11 Matt 21:22+ 27 more in Matthew

Mark — 19×

Mark 4:16 Mark 6:41 Mark 7:27 Mark 8:6 Mark 8:14 Mark 10:30 Mark 11:24 Mark 12:2 Mark 12:3 Mark 12:8 Mark 12:19 Mark 12:20 Mark 12:21 Mark 12:40 Mark 14:22 Mark 14:23 Mark 14:65 Mark 15:23+ 1 more in Mark

Luke — 20×

Luke 5:5 Luke 5:26 Luke 6:4 Luke 6:34 Luke 7:16 Luke 9:16 Luke 9:39 Luke 11:10 Luke 13:21 Luke 19:12 Luke 19:15 Luke 20:21 Luke 20:28 Luke 20:29 Luke 20:31 Luke 20:47 Luke 22:17 Luke 22:19 Luke 24:30 Luke 24:43

John — 43×

John 1:12 John 1:16 John 3:11 John 3:27 John 3:32 John 3:33 John 4:36 John 5:34 John 5:41 John 5:43 John 5:44 John 6:7 John 6:11 John 6:21 John 7:39 John 10:17 John 10:18 John 12:3 John 12:13 John 12:48 John 13:12 John 13:20 John 13:30 John 14:17 John 16:14+ 18 more in John

Acts — 27×

Acts 1:8 Acts 1:20 Acts 1:25 Acts 2:33 Acts 2:38 Acts 3:3 Acts 3:5 Acts 7:53 Acts 8:15 Acts 8:17 Acts 8:19 Acts 9:19 Acts 9:25 Acts 10:43 Acts 10:47 Acts 15:14 Acts 16:3 Acts 16:24 Acts 17:9 Acts 17:15 Acts 19:2 Acts 20:24 Acts 20:35 Acts 25:16 Acts 26:10+ 2 more in Acts

Romans — 9×

Rom 1:5 Rom 4:11 Rom 5:11 Rom 5:17 Rom 7:8 Rom 7:11 Rom 8:15 Rom 13:2+ 1 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 11×

1 Cor 2:12 1 Cor 3:8 1 Cor 3:14 1 Cor 4:7 1 Cor 9:24 1 Cor 9:25 1 Cor 10:13 1 Cor 11:23 1 Cor 14:5+ 2 more in 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians — 6×

2 Cor 11:4 2 Cor 11:8 2 Cor 11:20 2 Cor 11:24 2 Cor 12:16+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians

Galatians — 3×

Gal 2:6 Gal 3:2 Gal 3:14

Philippians — 2×

Phil 2:7 Phil 3:12

Colossians — 1×

Col 4:10

1 Timothy — 1×

1 Tim 4:4

Hebrews — 16×

Heb 2:2 Heb 2:3 Heb 4:16 Heb 5:4 Heb 7:5 Heb 7:8 Heb 7:9 Heb 9:15 Heb 9:19 Heb 10:26 Heb 11:8 Heb 11:11 Heb 11:13 Heb 11:29 Heb 11:35 Heb 11:36

James — 6×

James 1:7 James 1:12 James 3:1 James 4:3 James 5:7 James 5:10

1 Peter — 1×

1 Pet 4:10

2 Peter — 1×

2 Pet 1:17

1 John — 3×

1 John 2:27 1 John 3:22 1 John 5:9

2 John — 2×

2 John 1:4 2 John 1:10

3 John — 1×

3 John 1:7

Revelation — 23×

Rev 2:17 Rev 2:27 Rev 3:3 Rev 3:11 Rev 4:11 Rev 5:7 Rev 5:8 Rev 5:9 Rev 5:12 Rev 6:4 Rev 8:5 Rev 10:8 Rev 10:9 Rev 10:10 Rev 11:17 Rev 14:9 Rev 14:11 Rev 17:12 Rev 18:4 Rev 19:20 Rev 20:4 Rev 22:17+ 1 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.