ἔλαβεν

Strong’s Definition

while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

Etymology & Derivation

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 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one

KJV Usage

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)

Detailed Definition

From Thayer’s Greek Lexicon outline.

• 1.to take
• 2.to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
• 3.to take in order to carry away
• 4.to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
• 5.to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
• 6.to take
• 7.to take, to choose, select
• 8.to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience

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