Know the Word.

Greek word

lambánō

λαμβάνω

What it means

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

while hairéomai (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))

Where it comes from

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 déchomai (δέχομαι) is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one

How the King James translates it

  • received57
  • receive56
  • took55
  • take30
  • receiveth14
  • taken12
  • have5
  • taketh4

Every place it appears 262