G5274
G5274 — ὑπολαμβάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
hupolambano (hoop-ol-am-ban'-o) v.
1. to take from below, i.e. carry upward
2. (figuratively) to take up, i.e. continue a discourse or topic
3. (mentally) to assume (presume)
[from G5259 and G2983]
KJV: answer, receive, suppose
Root(s): G5259, G2983
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
answer, receive, suppose
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπολαμβάνω; 2 aorist ὑπέλαβον;
1. "to take up (literally, under (cf. ὑπό, III. 1)) in order to raise, to bear on high (Herodotus 1, 24); to take up and carry away" (ὥσπερ νῆα ἄνεμοι ὑπολαβόντες, Stobaeus, serm. 6, p. 79, 17): τινα, Act 1:9 (see ὀφθαλμός, middle).
2. to receive hospitably, welcome: τινα, 3Jn 1:8 L T Tr WH (Xenophon, an. 1, 1, 7).
3. to take up i. e. follow in speech, in order either to reply to or controvert or supplement what another has said (very often so in secular authors from Herodotus down): ὑπολαβών εἶπεν, Luk 10:30 (for òÈðÈä, Job 2:4; Job 4:1; Job 6:1; Job 9:1; Job 11:1; Job 12:1, etc.).
4. to take up in the mind, i. e. to assume, suppose: Act 2:15; followed by ὅτι (namely, πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει), Luk 7:43 (Job 25:3; Tobit 6:18; Wis 17:2; 3Ma 3:8; 4Ma 5:17 (18) etc.,and often in secular authors from Xenophon, and Plato down).
STRONGS NT 5274a: ὑπόλειμμαὑπόλειμμα (ὑπόλιμμα WH (see their Appendix, p. 154; cf. Iota), ὑπολειμματος, τό, a remnant (see κατάλειμμα): Rom 9:27 L T Tr WH. (The Sept.; Aristotle, Theophrastus, Plutarch, Galen.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑπολαμβάνω (answer)
Luke 7:43
- KJV: Simon answered and said I suppose that to whom he forgave most And he said unto him Thou hast rightly judged
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο Σίμων είπεν υπολαμβάνω ότι ω το πλείον εχαρίσατο ο δε είπεν αυτώ ορθώς έκρινας
Luke 10:30
- KJV: 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 and departed leaving half dead
- GK: υπολαβών δε ο Ιησούς είπεν άνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν από Ιερουσαλήμ εις Ιεριχώ και λησταίς περιέπεσεν οι και εκδύσαντες αυτόν και πληγάς επιθέντες απήλθον αφέντες ημιθανή τυγχάνοντα
Acts 1:9
- KJV: And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight
- GK: και ταύτα ειπών βλεπόντων αυτών επήρθη και νεφέλη υπέλαβεν αυτόν από των οφθαλμών αυτών
Acts 2:15
- KJV: For these are not drunken as ye suppose is the third hour of the day
- GK: ου γαρ ως υμείς υπολαμβάνετε ούτοι μεθύουσιν έστι γαρ ώρα τρίτη της ημέρας