Strong G3028λῆψις
receiving
- Transliteration
- lēpsis
- Pronunciation
- lape'-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2983; receipt (the act): - receiving.
Detailed definition
λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ
(λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pro.15:29; λ. δώρων, Pro.15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Sir.41:19 42:7 *;]
receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Php.4:15.†
(AS)
(λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pro.15:29; λ. δώρων, Pro.15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Sir.41:19 42:7 *;]
receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Php.4:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3028 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- receive1
First verses
- Philippians 4:15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λῆψις, εως, ἡ
(later λῆμψις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1088.45 (1st c.AD), etc.))], taking hold, seizing, catching, ῥύγχος.. πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 662b9; αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων καλῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λ. καὶ πιέσεις [prev. work] 687b10)]; ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ. the seizure of them will be more difficult, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.110)]; ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως the seizure of it, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.114, compare 7.25.)]
2 accepting, receiving, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 356; ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 346d; opposed to ἀπόδοσις, [prev. work] 332b)]; opposed to ἀποβολαί (loss), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a35 (_plural_))]: in plural, receipts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343d, Alcaeus1.123a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1122a13, +others)]
2.b taking of medicine, προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ. [Refs (“POxy.” [prev. cited])]
II attack of fever or sickness, seizure, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.6, compare “Morb.” 1.18, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 866a26.)]
III in Logic, assumption [Refs (compare (λῆμμα 11), [prev. author] “APr.” 24a23, 24b11.)]
III.2 τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ. from our point of view, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 7.8.)]
IV choice of matter, in a poem, etc., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 10.3; compare λῆμμα 111.)]
V choice of pitch, in Music, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 4.8, 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.11 bis.)]
VI Geometry texts, τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ. the determination of the centre of the eccentric circle, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 5.56.)]
(later λῆμψις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1088.45 (1st c.AD), etc.))], taking hold, seizing, catching, ῥύγχος.. πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 662b9; αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων καλῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λ. καὶ πιέσεις [prev. work] 687b10)]; ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ. the seizure of them will be more difficult, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.110)]; ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως the seizure of it, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.114, compare 7.25.)]
2 accepting, receiving, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 356; ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 346d; opposed to ἀπόδοσις, [prev. work] 332b)]; opposed to ἀποβολαί (loss), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a35 (_plural_))]: in plural, receipts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343d, Alcaeus1.123a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1122a13, +others)]
2.b taking of medicine, προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ. [Refs (“POxy.” [prev. cited])]
II attack of fever or sickness, seizure, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.6, compare “Morb.” 1.18, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 866a26.)]
III in Logic, assumption [Refs (compare (λῆμμα 11), [prev. author] “APr.” 24a23, 24b11.)]
III.2 τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ. from our point of view, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 7.8.)]
IV choice of matter, in a poem, etc., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 10.3; compare λῆμμα 111.)]
V choice of pitch, in Music, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 4.8, 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.11 bis.)]
VI Geometry texts, τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ. the determination of the centre of the eccentric circle, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 5.56.)]