Strong G482ἀντιλαμβάνω
to help
- Transliteration
- antilambanomai
- Pronunciation
- an-tee-lam-ban'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀντι-λαμβάνω
[frequently in LXX for חָזַק hi., סָמַךְ, etc;]
to take instead of or in turn. Mid., with genitive, to take hold of;
__(a) of persons, to help (see MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:54, Act.20:35;
__(b) of things, to partake of: 1Ti.6:2 (see Field, Notes, 210; Cremer, 386; and cf. συν-αντιλαμβάνω).†
(AS)
[frequently in LXX for חָזַק hi., סָמַךְ, etc;]
to take instead of or in turn. Mid., with genitive, to take hold of;
__(a) of persons, to help (see MM, VGT, see word): Luk.1:54, Act.20:35;
__(b) of things, to partake of: 1Ti.6:2 (see Field, Notes, 210; Cremer, 386; and cf. συν-αντιλαμβάνω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G482 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- holpen1
- partaker1
- support1
First verses
- Luke 1:54He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
- Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- 1 Timothy 6:2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀντιλαμβάνω,
receive instead of, χρυσοῦ δώματα πλήρη τᾶς ἥβας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 646 (Lyric poetry))]; mostly without a genitive, οὔτε κακοὺς εὖ δρῶν εὖ πάλιν ἀντιλάβοις receive in turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 108; κἂν.. ᾖ σώφρων.. σώφρον᾽ ἀντιλήψεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 741; ἡδονὴν δόντας.. κακίαν.. ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; ἔρανον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 133o b40)]; ἀ. ἄλλην [χώραν] seize in return, get instead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143; ἀ. ἄλλους τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.12, compare 8.7.16; χάριτα “Anthologia Graeca” 6.191 (from Longus).)]
II mostly in middle, with perfect passive -είλημμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 130e)]: with genitive, lay hold of, σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντελάβου[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1362; ἄκρου τοῦ στύρακος ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184a, compare “Prt.” 317d, +others; τῇ ἀριστερᾷ ἀ. τοῦ τρίβωνος [prev. work] 335d)]; φιλίου χωρίου ἀ. gain or reach it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 242:)] absolutely, -όμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]. b. metaphoricallyc.genitive, lay hold of, τῆς σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐλευθερίας, τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.61, 62, 3.22)]; lay claim to, τοῦ θρόνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 777, 787; τοῦ πατρικοῦ μέρους “BGU” 648.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 help, take part with, assist, οὐκ ἀντιλήψεσθ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 464)]; of persons, ἀ. Ἑλλήρων to take their part, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.13; ἀ. τῶν ἀσθενούντων NT.Act.20.35, etc.: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.70:— also in)]passive, ἀντειλημμένη having received help, [Refs (“BGU” 1105.21 (Aug.), +others)]
II.3 take part or share in a thing, take in hand, τῶν πραγμάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20, etc.; τοῦ πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.101; τῆς θαλάττης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.14; τῆς Ἀφροδίτης 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 219.15; τῆς παιδείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534d)]; ἀ. τοῦ λόγου seize on the conversation (to the interruption of the rest), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 336b: _absolutely_, ἀρχόμενοι πάντες ὀξύτερον ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, compare 8.106.)]
II.4 take hold of for the purpose of finding fault, reprehend, attack, ἡμῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d, compare “R.” 497d, etc.)]; τοῦδε ἀντιλαβώμεθα let us attack the question, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 169d)]; ἀ. ὡς ἀδύνατον.. to object that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 251b: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Grg.” 506a.)]
II.5 take fast hold of, i.e. captivate, ὁ λόγος ἀντιλαμβάνεταί μου[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 88d, compare “Prm.” 130e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 19.)]
II.6 of plants, take hold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.1.5)]; of scions, unite, CP[Refs (1.6.4.)]
II.7 grasp with the mind, perceive, apprehend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370a)]; noted as an obsol, word for συνίημι by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 7:—so of the senses, ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν, ὀσφρήσει, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.50, 64, cf. Phot. p.148R., 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 103.1, +others)]
III in middle also, hold back, ἵππου τῷ χαλινῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1188b6)]; interrupt, Aud. [Refs (802b26.)]
IV active in sense of middle, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.38.)]
receive instead of, χρυσοῦ δώματα πλήρη τᾶς ἥβας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 646 (Lyric poetry))]; mostly without a genitive, οὔτε κακοὺς εὖ δρῶν εὖ πάλιν ἀντιλάβοις receive in turn, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 108; κἂν.. ᾖ σώφρων.. σώφρον᾽ ἀντιλήψεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 741; ἡδονὴν δόντας.. κακίαν.. ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; ἔρανον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 133o b40)]; ἀ. ἄλλην [χώραν] seize in return, get instead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143; ἀ. ἄλλους τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.12, compare 8.7.16; χάριτα “Anthologia Graeca” 6.191 (from Longus).)]
II mostly in middle, with perfect passive -είλημμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 130e)]: with genitive, lay hold of, σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντελάβου[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1362; ἄκρου τοῦ στύρακος ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184a, compare “Prt.” 317d, +others; τῇ ἀριστερᾷ ἀ. τοῦ τρίβωνος [prev. work] 335d)]; φιλίου χωρίου ἀ. gain or reach it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 242:)] absolutely, -όμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]. b. metaphoricallyc.genitive, lay hold of, τῆς σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐλευθερίας, τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.61, 62, 3.22)]; lay claim to, τοῦ θρόνου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 777, 787; τοῦ πατρικοῦ μέρους “BGU” 648.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 help, take part with, assist, οὐκ ἀντιλήψεσθ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 464)]; of persons, ἀ. Ἑλλήρων to take their part, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.13; ἀ. τῶν ἀσθενούντων NT.Act.20.35, etc.: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.70:— also in)]passive, ἀντειλημμένη having received help, [Refs (“BGU” 1105.21 (Aug.), +others)]
II.3 take part or share in a thing, take in hand, τῶν πραγμάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.20, etc.; τοῦ πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.101; τῆς θαλάττης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.39.14; τῆς Ἀφροδίτης 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 219.15; τῆς παιδείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534d)]; ἀ. τοῦ λόγου seize on the conversation (to the interruption of the rest), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 336b: _absolutely_, ἀρχόμενοι πάντες ὀξύτερον ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, compare 8.106.)]
II.4 take hold of for the purpose of finding fault, reprehend, attack, ἡμῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d, compare “R.” 497d, etc.)]; τοῦδε ἀντιλαβώμεθα let us attack the question, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 169d)]; ἀ. ὡς ἀδύνατον.. to object that.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 251b: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Grg.” 506a.)]
II.5 take fast hold of, i.e. captivate, ὁ λόγος ἀντιλαμβάνεταί μου[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 88d, compare “Prm.” 130e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 19.)]
II.6 of plants, take hold, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.1.5)]; of scions, unite, CP[Refs (1.6.4.)]
II.7 grasp with the mind, perceive, apprehend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370a)]; noted as an obsol, word for συνίημι by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 7:—so of the senses, ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν, ὀσφρήσει, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.50, 64, cf. Phot. p.148R., 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 103.1, +others)]
III in middle also, hold back, ἵππου τῷ χαλινῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1188b6)]; interrupt, Aud. [Refs (802b26.)]
IV active in sense of middle, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.38.)]