G618: ἀπολαμβάνω (apolambánō)

G618 ἀπολαμβάνω (apolambánō)

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Quick Definition

ἀπολαμβάνω v. I get back, receive back

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 2983; to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside

KJV Usage: receive, take

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀπολαμβάνω (G0618)

verb | fut. ἀπολήμψομαι · aor. ἀπέλαβον | λαμβάνω

57.128 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive

to receive from, to obtain, to receive to receive, with probable focus upon the source

LUK 16:25 · GAL 4:5 · COL 3:24 · 2JN 1:8

57.136 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive

to get back, to receive back, to be paid back to receive back something which one has previously possessed or its equivalent

LUK 6:34 · LUK 15:27

15.177 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take

to lead off, to lead away, to take away, to take aside to lead or take away from a particular point

MRK 7:33

34.53 · Association · Welcome, Receive

to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest to accept the presence of a person with friendliness

LUK 15:27

90.63 · Case · Experiencer

to undergo, to experience to experience some event or state, often with the implication of something negatively valued

LUK 23:41 · ROM 1:27

¹ There are no doubt certain contextual constraints involved in the choice of ἀναδέχομαι[a], ἀποδέχομαι[a], ἐπιδέχομαι[a], εἰσδέχομαι, ὑποδέχομαι, προσδέχομαι[b], and παραδέχομαι[b] in the sense that the spacial relationships involved in the welcoming of a guest can be reflected in the prepositional prefixes. For example, in LUK 8:40 the use of ἀποδέχομαι may focus upon the particular source, while ἐπιδέχομαι in 3JN 1:10 may be relevant in view of the fact that the believers are coming to a particular point. προσδέχομαι in LUK 15:2 may suggest a kind of reciprocal relationship which is established with outcasts, and παραδέχομαι in ACT 15:4 may simply point to spacial proximity. However, it would be wrong to insist upon clear distinctions in meaning based on the very limited number of contexts involved. Some of these same distinctions in spacial relations may exist for the set προσλαμβάνω[e], παραλαμβάνω[d], ἀπολαμβάνω[d]. ² There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions of meaning in this series of related expressions in 90.63 (ἀπολαμβάνω[e], ἐπιλαμβάνομαι[f], λαμβάνω[h], μεταλαμβάνω[b]), but it is difficult to determine the precise distinctions on the basis of existing contexts. As in the case of a number of verbs which mark an experiencer relation, an equivalent translation consists simply of a passive form of a verb related to the noun complement. For example, in the case of JHN 7:23, one might very well translate ‘if a person is circumcised on the Sabbath.’

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀπολαμβάνω ; fut. ἀπολήψομαι (Col. iii. 24; 1, Τ Tr WH ἀπολήμψεσθε; see λαμβάνω) ; 2 aor. ἀπέλαβον ; 2 aor. mid. ἀπελαβόμην; fr. Hdt. down; 1. fo receive (from another, ἀπό [cf. Mey. on Gal. iv. 5; Ellie. ibid. and Win. De verb. comp. ete. as below]) what is due or promised (cf. ἀποδίδωμι, 2): τ. υἱοθεσίαν the adoption promised to believers, Gal. iv. 5; τὰ ἀγαθά σου thy good things, “ which thou couldst expect and as it were demand, which seemed due to thee” (Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. iv. p. 13), Lk. xvi.25. Hence 2. to take again or back, to recover: Lk. vi. 34 [T Tr txt. WH λαβεῖν]; xv. 27; and to receive by way of retribution: Lk. xviii. 30 (L txt. Tr mrg. WH txt. λάβῃ); xxiii. 41; Ro. i. 27; 2 Jn. 3; Col. iii. 24. 3. to take from others, take apart or aside; Mid. τινά, to take a person with one aside out of the view of others: with the addition of ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατ᾽ ἰδίαν in Mk. vii. 33, (Joseph. b. 1. 2, 7, 2; and in the Act., 2 Mace. vi. 22; Ὑστάσπεα ἀπολαβὼν μοῦνον, dt. 1, 209; Arstph. ran. 78; ἰδίᾳ ἕνα τῶν τριῶν ἀπολαβών, App. b. civ. 5, 40). 4. to receive any one hospitably: 3 Jn. 8, where L T Tr WTI have restored ὑπολαμβάνειν.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀπολαμβάνω apolambanō 10x

to receive what is due, sought, or needed, Lk. 23:41; Rom. 1:27; Gal. 4:5; Col. 3:24; 2 Jn. 8; to receive in full, Lk. 16:25; to receive back, recover, Lk. 6:34; 15:27; 18:30; mid. to take aside, lead away, Mk. 7:33

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-λαμβάνω,

[in LXX: Nu 34:14 (לקח (De 25:5 A, Is 5:17, II Mac 4:46 6:21 8:6, IV Mac 18:23*;]

to receive from another; absol., to receive as one's due: Lk 16:25 18:30 (v.l. λάβῃ) 23:41, Ro 1:27, Ga 4:5, Col 3:24, II Jo 8.

to receive back: Lk 6:34 15:27.

to take apart or aside: Mk 7:33 (cf. use in π. of the recluses of the Serapeum; MM, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀπολαμβάνω. The use of ἀπολαβέσϑαι in Mk 7° = “draw aside,” ‘*separate,” is well illustrated by P Lond 4215 ἅ. (g.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, Selections, p. 10) ἐπὶ δὲ τῶι μὴ παραγίνεσθαί σε [πάντω]ν τῶν ἐκεῖ ἀπειλημμένων παραγεγονότων ἀηδίζομαι, ““ but that you did not return when all those who were shut up with you arrived distresses me ””—with reference to the ‘‘recluses” of the Serapeum. So P Vat A? (B.c. 168) = Witkowski’, p. 65) ἠβουλόμην δὲ kal σὲ παραγεγονέναι els τὴν πόλ[ι]ν, καθάπερ... οἱ ἄλλοι of ἀπειλη[μμένοι] am[a]vres. The word is of course very common. It is found in the sense of ‘‘ receive,” ‘‘ welcome” (as in the TR of 3 Jn’) in P Lips I. 1108 (iii/iv A.p.) εὐχόμενος ὅπως ὁλοκληροῦσάν σε Kal ὑγιαίνουσαν ἀπολάβω (cf. Lk 1527), and P Jand 1317 ἵνα pera χαρᾶς oe ἀπολάβωμεν. The full force of the amé—as pointing to a ‘‘ promise made centuries before ’—is probably to be retained in Gal 4° (see F. B. Westcott, S¢ Paul and Justification, p. 75). It is the ordinary correlative of ἀποδίδωμι. For the simple sense of ‘‘ receiving” what is due, cf. P Tor I. rviii 28 (B.c. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 38) τὴν τιμὴν ἀπολαβεῖν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀπολαμβάνω (apolambanō) — to get back. ἀπολαμβάνω, future -λήψομαι, in [Refs 5th c.BC+] -λάμψομαι[Refs]perfect ἀπείληφα, passive ἀπείλημμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπολέλαμμαι: in active aorist 2 ἀπέλαβον, but in passive aorist 1 ἀπελήφθην, Ionic dialect ἀπελάμφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— take or receive from another, correlated to ἀποδιδόναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἀ. τοῦ βίου χρηστόν (variant{ἀπολαύ-}) [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. receive what is one's due, μισθόν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χρέα have them paid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅρκους accept them when tendered, [Refs]

3. take of, take a part of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist participle, ἀπολαβὼν σκόπει consider it separately, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. take away, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; take off, τὸ βάρος[Refs 4th c.BC+]

5. hear, learn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. regain, recover, τὴν τυραννίδα, τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] recover oneself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.2. have rendered to one, λόγον ἀ. demand an account, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. take apart or aside, of persons, ἀ. τινὰ μοῦνον[LXX+5th c.BC+]; of things, μὴ μόνος τὸ χρηστὸν ἀπολαβὼν ἔχε[Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ἀπολαβόμενος taking him aside, [NT]passive, οἱ ἀπειλημμένοι those set apart, recluses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

IV. cut off, intercept, λέγων ὡς ἀπολάμψοιτο συχνούς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τείχει wall off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἴσω shut up inside, [Refs]; of contrary winds, ὅταν τύχωσιν οἱ ἄνεμοι ἀπολαβόντες αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀναπνοὴν ἀ. τινός stop his breath, choke him, [Refs 1st c.AD+]spoil the appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, ὑπ᾽ ἀνέμων ἀπολαμφθέντες arrested or stopped by contrary winds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις λόγοις ἀ. to be entangled in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an afflux of blood, to be checked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοιλίη, κύστις ἀπολελαμμένη, [Refs]

V. in Mathematics texts, cut off, ἡμικύκλιον ἀποληφθήσεται[Refs 4th c.BC+]; intercept, [Refs]; -ομένη, ἡ, abscissa, [Refs 5th c.BC+]