Quick Definition
λῆψις, εως, ἡ n.f. a receiving
Strong's Definition
receipt (the act)
Derivation: from G2983 (λαμβάνω);
KJV Usage: receiving
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | λαμβάνω
57.125 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
to receive, receiving, to accept to receive or accept an object or benefit for which the initiative rests with the giver, but the focus of attention in the transfer is upon the receiver
1 There may be some subtle distinction in meaning between δέχομαι[a] on the one hand and λαμβάνω[c] and λῆμψις on the other, in that the latter set of meanings may imply more active participation on the part of the one who receives or takes the gift, but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λῆψις (LT Tr WH λῆμψις, see M, 1), -ews, ἡ, (λαμβάνω, λήψομαι), [fr. Soph. and Thue. down], a receiving: Phil. iv. 15, on which pass. see δόσις, 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λῆμψις lēmpsis 1x
also spelled λῆψις, taking, receiving, Phil. 4:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ
(< λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pr 15:29 (16:8); λ. δώρων, Pr 15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Si 41:19 42:7*;]
receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Phl 4:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λῆψις (lēpsis) — receiving. λῆψις, εως, ἡ (later λῆμψις [Refs 1st c.AD+], taking hold, seizing, catching, ῥύγχος.. πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ. the seizure of them will be more difficult, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως the seizure of it, [Refs]
2. accepting, receiving, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀποβολαί (loss), [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, receipts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b taking of medicine, προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ. [Refs]
II. attack of fever or sickness, seizure, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. in Logic, assumption [Refs]
III.2. τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ. from our point of view, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. choice of matter, in a poem, etc., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
V. choice of pitch, in Music, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
VI. Geometry texts, τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ. the determination of the centre of the eccentric circle, [Refs 5th c.AD+]