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Greek verb · G2983

λαμβάνω

lambanolam-ban'-o

to take, lay hold of; to receive

257 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: lambánō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2983is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 21 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 51
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2983

while is more violent, to seize or remove))

The King James renders it: 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).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

lambano is rendered "to take, lay hold of; to receive". It stands 257 times in the Greek text, across twenty-one books.

  • Fifty-three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to take, lay hold of".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:40if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-one different ways.

The first use

if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

Matthew 5:40λαβεῖν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to take, lay hold of, and to receive.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to take, lay hold ofTagged as
  • having taken45
  • having received19
  • took14
  • receiving10
  • to take10
  • do take8
  • received7
  • will receive6

and 65 more, 230 uses in all

WhereMatthew 5:40if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
to receiveTagged as
  • to receive15
  • receives10
  • you received2
WhereMatthew 7:8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 257, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

51 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • λαβὼν37
  • ἔλαβον25
  • ἔλαβεν20
  • λαβεῖν20
  • λαμβάνει18
  • λαβόντες15
  • ἐλάβετε12
  • λάβετε7
  • λήμψεται7
  • λάβῃ6
  • λαβοῦσα6
  • ἐλάβομεν5

and 39 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular40V-2AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)22V-2AAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular21V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural20V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular18V-PAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural15V-2AAP-NPM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural12V-2AAI-2P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular8V-2AAS-3S
  • verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-FDI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural7V-2AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural7V-2AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular6V-2AAI-1S

Matthew

fifty-three uses
  • if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

    Matthew 5:40

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

    Matthew 7:8

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

    Matthew 8:17

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He took
  • Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

    Matthew 10:8

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you received
  • and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

    Matthew 10:38

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes
  • Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

    Matthew 10:41

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will receive
    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will receive
  • But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

    Matthew 12:14

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: held
  • The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

    Matthew 13:20

    • λαμβάνωνlambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
  • He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

    Matthew 13:31

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

    Matthew 13:33

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having taken
  • And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

    Matthew 14:19

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

    Matthew 15:26

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

    Matthew 15:36

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: having taken
  • When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.

    Matthew 16:5

    • λαβεῖν.¶labeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”

    Matthew 16:7

    • ἐλάβομεν.¶elabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we took
  • Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

    Matthew 16:9

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you gathered
  • Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

    Matthew 16:10

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you gathered
  • After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”

    Matthew 17:24

    • λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: collecting
  • “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

    Matthew 17:25

    • λαμβάνουσινlambanousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: do they receive
  • “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

    Matthew 17:27

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

    Matthew 19:29

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will receive
  • The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

    Matthew 20:9

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they received
  • So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

    Matthew 20:10

    • λήμψονταιlempsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will receive
    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they received
  • On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

    Matthew 20:11

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having received
  • If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

    Matthew 21:22

    • λήμψεσθε.¶lempsestheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will receive
  • When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

    Matthew 21:34

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

    Matthew 21:35

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

    Matthew 21:39

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taking
  • Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

    Matthew 22:15

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
  • “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

    Matthew 25:1

    • λαβοῦσαιlabousaiverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: having taken
  • The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.

    Matthew 25:3

    • λαβοῦσαιlabousaiverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: having taken
    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did take
  • But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.

    Matthew 25:4

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
  • The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

    Matthew 25:16

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

    Matthew 25:18

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

    Matthew 25:20

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

    Matthew 25:24

    • εἰληφὼςeilephosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

    Matthew 26:26

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
  • Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

    Matthew 26:27

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

    Matthew 26:52

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

    Matthew 27:1

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
  • The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

    Matthew 27:6

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

    Matthew 27:7

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

    Matthew 27:9

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took
  • When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

    Matthew 27:24

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

    Matthew 27:30

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they took
  • One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

    Matthew 27:48

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    Matthew 27:59

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

    Matthew 28:12

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

    Matthew 28:15

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken

Mark

twenty uses
  • Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

    Mark 4:16

    • λαμβάνουσινlambanousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive
  • Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

    Mark 6:41

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

    Mark 7:27

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

    Mark 8:6

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

    Mark 8:14

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • Then He had a little child stand among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them,

    Mark 9:36

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

    Mark 10:30

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall take
  • Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

    Mark 11:24

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you receive
  • At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

    Mark 12:2

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may receive
  • But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    Mark 12:3

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

    Mark 12:8

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Mark 12:19

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall take
  • Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

    Mark 12:20

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

    Mark 12:21

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

    Mark 12:40

    • λήμψονταιlempsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will receive
  • While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

    Mark 14:22

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
  • Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

    Mark 14:23

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

    Mark 14:65

    • ἔλαβον.¶elabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
  • There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

    Mark 15:23

    • ἔλαβεν.¶elabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did take

Luke

twenty-one uses
  • “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

    Luke 5:5

    • ἐλάβομενelabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: have we taken
  • Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

    Luke 5:26

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seized
  • He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”

    Luke 6:4

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

    Luke 6:34

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

    Luke 7:16

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Seized
  • Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

    Luke 9:16

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having taken
  • A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

    Luke 9:39

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes
  • For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

    Luke 11:10

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

    Luke 13:19

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

    Luke 13:21

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having taken
  • So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

    Luke 19:12

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

    Luke 19:15

    • λαβόνταlabontaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

    Luke 20:21

    • λαμβάνειςlambaneisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You receive
  • “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Luke 20:28

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall take
  • Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

    Luke 20:29

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

    Luke 20:31

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

    Luke 20:47

    • λήμψονταιlempsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will receive
  • After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

    Luke 22:17

    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
  • And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

    Luke 22:19

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

    Luke 24:30

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • and He took it and ate it in front of them.

    Luke 24:43

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken

John

forty-six uses
  • But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

    John 1:12

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
  • From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

    John 1:16

    • ἐλάβομενelabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: have received
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

    John 3:11

    • λαμβάνετεlambaneteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you people receive
  • John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

    John 3:27

    • λαμβάνεινlambaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

    John 3:32

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

    John 3:33

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

    John 4:36

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

    John 5:34

    • λαμβάνωlambanoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: receive
  • I do not accept glory from men,

    John 5:41

    • λαμβάνωlambanoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I take
  • I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

    John 5:43

    • λαμβάνετέlambaneteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you receive
    • λήμψεσθε.¶lempsestheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will receive
  • How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

    John 5:44

    • λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: receiving
  • Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

    John 6:7

    • λάβῃ.¶labeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may receive
  • Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.

    John 6:11

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Took
  • Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

    John 6:21

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

    John 7:23

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

    John 7:39

    • λαμβάνεινlambaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

    John 10:17

    • λάβωlaboverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may take
  • No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

    John 10:18

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I received
  • Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

    John 12:3

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having taken
  • They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

    John 12:13

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
  • There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

    John 12:48

    • λαμβάνωνlambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
  • So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

    John 13:4

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

    John 13:12

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: taken
  • Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

    John 13:20

    • λαμβάνωνlambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
    • λαμβάνωνlambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

    John 13:26

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He takes
  • As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.

    John 13:30

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having received
  • the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

    John 14:17

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.

    John 16:14

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will take
  • Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

    John 16:15

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He receives
  • Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

    John 16:24

    • λήμψεσθεlempsestheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will receive
  • For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

    John 17:8

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
  • So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

    John 18:3

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having procured
  • “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

    John 18:31

    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
  • Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

    John 19:1

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

    John 19:6

    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
  • When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

    John 19:23

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: took
  • Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

    John 19:27

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

    John 19:30

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

    John 19:40

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They took
  • When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

    John 20:22

    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do receive
  • Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.

    John 21:13

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes

Acts

twenty-nine uses
  • But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    Acts 1:8

    • λήμψεσθεlempsestheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will receive
  • “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

    Acts 1:20

    • λαβέτωlabetoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: take
  • to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

    Acts 1:25

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

    Acts 2:33

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 2:38

    • λήμψεσθεlempsestheverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will receive
  • When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

    Acts 3:3

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • So the man gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

    Acts 3:5

    • λαβεῖν.¶labeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

    Acts 7:53

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: received
  • On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 8:15

    • λάβωσινlabosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
  • Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 8:17

    • ἐλάμβανονelambanonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were receiving
  • “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 8:19

    • λαμβάνῃlambaneverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may receive
  • and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

    Acts 9:19

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

    Acts 9:25

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

    Acts 10:43

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: receiving
  • “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

    Acts 10:47

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have received
  • Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

    Acts 15:14

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

    Acts 16:3

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

    Acts 16:24

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.

    Acts 17:9

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having taken
  • Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

    Acts 17:15

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having received
  • and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

    Acts 19:2

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did you receive
  • But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

    Acts 20:24

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I received
  • In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

    Acts 20:35

    • λαμβάνεινlambaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

    Acts 24:27

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he received
  • I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

    Acts 25:16

    • λάβοιlaboiverb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person singulartagged: he would have
  • And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

    Acts 26:10

    • λαβώνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

    Acts 26:18

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

    Acts 27:35

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.

    Acts 28:15

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took

Romans

nine uses
  • Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

    Romans 1:5

    • ἐλάβομενelabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have received
  • And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

    Romans 4:11

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he received
  • Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    Romans 5:11

    • ἐλάβομεν.¶elabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have received
  • For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

    Romans 5:17

    • λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: receiving
  • But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

    Romans 7:8

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having taken
  • For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

    Romans 7:11

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having taken
  • For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

    Romans 8:15

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have received
    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have received
  • Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

    Romans 13:2

    • λήμψονταιlempsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will bring

1 Corinthians

eleven uses
  • We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

    1 Corinthians 2:12

    • ἐλάβομενelabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: have received
  • He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

    1 Corinthians 3:8

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will receive
  • If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

    1 Corinthians 3:14

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will receive
  • For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

    1 Corinthians 4:7

    • ἔλαβεςelabesverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did receive
    • ἔλαβεςelabesverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did receive
    • λαβώνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

    1 Corinthians 9:24

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

    1 Corinthians 9:25

    • λάβωσινlabosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
  • No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

    1 Corinthians 10:13

    • εἴληφενeilephenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has seized
  • For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

    1 Corinthians 11:23

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: took
  • I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

    1 Corinthians 14:5

    • λάβῃ.¶labeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may receive

2 Corinthians

six uses
  • For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

    2 Corinthians 11:4

    • λαμβάνετεlambaneteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you receive
    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did receive
  • I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

    2 Corinthians 11:8

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

    2 Corinthians 11:20

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes
  • Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

    2 Corinthians 11:24

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I received
  • Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

    2 Corinthians 12:16

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I caught

Galatians

three uses
  • But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

    Galatians 2:6

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does take
  • I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

    Galatians 3:2

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did you receive
  • He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

    Galatians 3:14

    • λάβωμενlabomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may receive

Philippians

two uses
  • but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

    Philippians 2:7

    • λαβώνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

    Philippians 3:12

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have obtained

Colossians

one use
  • My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

    Colossians 4:10

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have received

1 Timothy

one use
  • For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

    1 Timothy 4:4

    • λαμβανόμενονlambanomenonverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: being received

2 Timothy

one use
  • I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

    2 Timothy 1:5

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken

Hebrews

seventeen uses
  • For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

    Hebrews 2:2

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: received
  • how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

    Hebrews 2:3

    • λαβοῦσαlabousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having received
  • Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

    Hebrews 4:16

    • λάβωμενlabomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may receive
  • Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

    Hebrews 5:1

    • λαμβανόμενοςlambanomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being taken
  • No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

    Hebrews 5:4

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes
  • Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

    Hebrews 7:5

    • λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: receiving
  • In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.

    Hebrews 7:8

    • λαμβάνουσινlambanousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive
  • And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.

    Hebrews 7:9

    • λαμβάνωνlambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
  • Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

    Hebrews 9:15

    • λάβωσινlabosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may receive
  • For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

    Hebrews 9:19

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
  • If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

    Hebrews 10:26

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

    Hebrews 11:8

    • λαμβάνεινlambaneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

    Hebrews 11:11

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: received
  • All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

    Hebrews 11:13

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having received
  • By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

    Hebrews 11:29

    • λαβόντεςlabontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having made
  • Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

    Hebrews 11:35

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Received back
  • Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

    Hebrews 11:36

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received

James

six uses
  • That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

    James 1:7

    • λήμψεταίlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will receive
  • Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

    James 1:12

    • λήμψεταιlempsetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will receive
  • Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

    James 3:1

    • λημψόμεθαlempsomethaverb · future middle form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will receive
  • And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

    James 4:3

    • λαμβάνετεlambaneteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: receive
  • Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

    James 5:7

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may receive
  • Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

    James 5:10

    • λάβετεlabeteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take

1 Peter

one use
  • As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

    1 Peter 4:10

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has received

2 Peter

two uses
  • But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

    2 Peter 1:9

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
  • For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

    2 Peter 1:17

    • λαβὼνlabonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having received

1 John

three uses
  • And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

    1 John 2:27

    • ἐλάβετεelabeteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you received
  • and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

    1 John 3:22

    • λαμβάνομενlambanomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we receive
  • Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

    1 John 5:9

    • λαμβάνομενlambanomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we receive

2 John

two uses
  • I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

    2 John 1:4

    • ἐλάβομενelabomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we received
  • If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

    2 John 1:10

    • λαμβάνετεlambaneteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do receive

3 John

one use
  • For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

    3 John 1:7

    • λαμβάνοντεςlambanontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: accepting

Revelation

twenty-two uses
  • He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

    Revelation 2:17

    • λαμβάνων.¶lambanonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
  • Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

    Revelation 3:3

    • εἴληφαςeilephasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have received
  • I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

    Revelation 3:11

    • λάβῃlabeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may take
  • “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”

    Revelation 4:11

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

    Revelation 5:7

    • εἴληφενeilephenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has taken
  • When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

    Revelation 5:8

    • ἔλαβενelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He had taken
  • And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

    Revelation 5:9

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

    Revelation 5:12

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
  • Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

    Revelation 6:4

    • λαβεῖνlabeinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
  • Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

    Revelation 8:5

    • εἴληφενeilephenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has taken
  • Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

    Revelation 10:8

    • λάβεlabeverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
  • And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

    Revelation 10:9

    • λάβεlabeverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
  • So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

    Revelation 10:10

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I took
  • saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

    Revelation 11:17

    • εἴληφαςeilephasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You have taken
  • And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

    Revelation 14:9

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

    Revelation 14:11

    • λαμβάνειlambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
  • The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.

    Revelation 17:12

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have received
    • λαμβάνουσινlambanousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive
  • Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

    Revelation 18:4

    • λάβητεlabeteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may receive
  • But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

    Revelation 19:20

    • λαβόνταςlabontasverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having received
  • Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

    Revelation 20:4

    • ἔλαβονelabonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did take
  • The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

    Revelation 22:17

    • λαβέτωlabetoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should take

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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