Strong's Number G3880

παραλαμβάνω

paralambano · par-al-am-ban'-o

Transliteration:

paralambano{par-al-am-ban'-o}

Word Origin:

from 3844 and 2983

TDNT:

4:11,495

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn

Usage in the KJV:

take 13, receive 15, take unto 2, take up 2, take away 1

Total: 50
Occurs 49 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
1. an associate, a companion
2. metaph.
  1. to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be
  2. not to reject, not to withhold obedience
to receive something transmitted
1. an office to be discharged
2. to receive with the mind
  1. by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds
  2. by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)