Strong's Greek · G2983
λαμβάνω
lambánō
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)
Definition
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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 (δέχομαι) is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one;
Appears 258 times in Scripture
“if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;”
“and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.”
“This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.””
“For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
“But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.”
“When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.”
“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.”
“The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.”
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).