G5274: ὑπολαμβάνω
hypolambánō · “to take up/suppose”
Definition
to take from below, i.e. carry upward; figuratively, to take up, i.e. continue a discourse or topic; mentally, to assume (presume)
KJV translates it as: answer, receive, suppose
Extended definition
[in LXX: Job.2:4 4:1 and frequently (עָנָה), Psa.48:9 (דָּמָה pi.), Tob.6:17, Wis.17:2, 3Ma.3:8 3Mac 3:11, al. ;]
1. to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): with accusative of person(s), Act.1:9.
2. to receive, welcome, entertain (Xen.): III Jn 8.
3. to catch up in speech (Hdt., al.; Jb, ll. with): Luk.10:30.
4. Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., al.; To, Wis, 3Mac, ll. with): Act.2:15; before ὅτι (see Bl., § 70, 2), Luk.7:43.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5274 is translated
- i take it ×1
- having taken it up ×1
- hid ×1
- suppose ×1
- to receive ×1
Bible verses with G5274 (hypolambánō)
Hypolambánō appears in 5 verses.
- Luke 7:43
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- Luke 10:30
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Acts 1:9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Acts 2:15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
- 3 John 1:8
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.