Strong G4815συλλαμβάνω

to seize/conceive/help

Transliteration
sullambanō
Pronunciation
sool-lam-ban'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4862 and G2983; to clasp that is seize (arrest capture); specifically to conceive (literally or figuratively); by implication to aid: - catch conceive help take.

Detailed definition

συλ-λαμβάνω
[in LXX for תָּפַשׂ, הָרָה, etc.;]
1. with accusative, to bring together, collect.

2. to seize, take: with accusative of person(s), as a prisoner, Mat.26:55, Mrk.14:48, Luk.22:54, Jhn.18:12, Act.1:16 12:3; pass., Act.23:27; mid., in sense of act., Act.26:21; σ. ἄγραν ἰχθύων, Luk.5:9.

3. C. dative of person(s), to take part with, assist, succour; mid., in same sense: Luk.5:7, Php.4:3.

4. Of a woman, to conceive: absol., Luk.1:24; before ἐν γαστρί, Luk.1:31; with accusative, Luk.1:36; ib. before ἐν τ. κοιλίᾳ, Luk.2:21; metaphorically, of lust producing sin, Jas.1:15.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4815 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • take8
  • conceive5
  • help2
  • catch1
  • hath1

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:55
    In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
  2. Mark 14:48
    And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
  3. Luke 1:24
    And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
  4. Luke 1:31
    And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
  5. Luke 1:36
    And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
  6. Luke 2:21
    And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  7. Luke 5:7
    And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
  8. Luke 5:9
    For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
  9. Luke 22:54
    Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
  10. John 18:12
    Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
  11. Acts 1:16
    Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  12. Acts 12:3
    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
  13. Acts 23:27
    This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
  14. Acts 26:21
    For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
  15. Philippians 4:3
    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
  16. James 1:15
    Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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συλλαμβάνω,
future -λήψομαι: perfect -είληφα, passive -είλημμαι: aorist συνέλᾰβον, infinitive συλλᾰβεῖν:—middle, present in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 53.4)]: aorist συνελαβόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49, etc.)]:—passive (see. below; in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.14 συλληφθήσεται has been restored for συλλήψεται))]:—collect, gather together, especially rally scattered troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τοὺς περιγενομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.46; τὸ στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.1; τὰς δυνάμεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456a; σ. θοινάτορας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1217.)]
2 take with one, carry off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1153; ξυλλαβὼν κατέκλινεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 122, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.52 (tmesis, 3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus))]; συλλαβὼν θεσπίσματα κεῖται παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ with all his prophecies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 971; ἔρρε, τάσδε συλλαβὼν ἀράς [prev. author] “OC” 1384)]; ἔκπλει σεαυτὸν συλλαβὼν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς pack yourself off, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 577.)]
3 put together, close, τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς (of a corpse) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 118a)]; ξ. αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα shut his mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 926, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623b2)]; enclose, τῇ ἐπιδέσει συλλαμβάνοντα συνάγειν τοὺς μηρούς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.86; ξ. καὶ τοὺς τένοντας τοῖσι ἐρίοισι 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.6.)]
3.b combine in pronunciation, λέγε δὴ μόλωμεν ξυνεχὲς ὡδὶ ξυλλαβών say αὐτὸ μόλωμεν as one word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 21.)]
4 in speaking, comprehend, comprise, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82; πᾶν.. συλλαβὼν εἴρηκας [prev. author] 7.16)].; εἰς ἓν πάντα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234b, compare “Tht.” 147d; τὰ ἄλλα εἰς ταὐτό [prev. author] “Plt.” 263d)]:—passive, to be comprehended (logically), μετὰ τοῦ γένους αἱ συλλαμβανόμεναι διαφοραί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1037b31, compare 998b28)]; σὺν τῇ ὕλῃ συνειλημμένος, i.e. concrete, opposed to abstract, [Refs ([prev. work] 1039b21, compare 1035a25, +others)]
II lay hands on, seize, ὁλκάδας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.26; κόμην ἀπρὶξ ὄνυξι συλλαβὼν χερί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 310; τέττιγα τοῦ πτεροῦ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 143 (loosely paraphrased, compare “Hermes” 23.279); τὰ ποτήμενα συλλαβῆν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.30)]; ξ. τῶν σχοινίων lay hold of them, help to pull, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 437:)] —middle, τίς ξυλλάβοιτ᾽ ἂν τοῦ ξύλο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Lys.” 313, compare “Pax” 465 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.b buy up, τὰ τρύβλια [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 650.)]
II.2 seize the person of.., apprehend, arrest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.39.7, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.έ, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 206, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45, “PCair.Zen.” 15v. 44, 202.2 (3rd c.BC); συνέλαβον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπήχθη εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον [prev. work] 484.21 (3rd c.BC))]; σ. ζῶντα, ὅμηρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 513, “Or.” 1189; τινὰ ἐπὶ θανάτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.154)]; συλλαβόντας αὐτὸν ἴσχειν seize and hold him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).122.40 (Epid., 4th c.BC):)] — passive, πρὶν ξυλληφθῆναι before they were arrested, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.101, “PCair.Zen.” 15v. 7 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 of the mind, grasp the meaning of, comprehend, τὸ χρηστήριον, τὸ ῥηθέν, τὸν λόγον, τὴν φωνήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.63, 91, 2.49, 4.114; παρκείμενον συλλαβὼν τέρας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 218c, etc.)]
III receive at the same time, enjoy together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32.)]
IV of females, conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582a19, “GA” 727b8, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.28, etc.; ἐν γαστρί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.46; ξυλλαβοῦσα τὴν γονήν [prev. author] “Steril.” 220)]; of the womb, σ. τὸ σπέρμα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583b29, +others, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.22: but συνειληφυῖα τοῦ τεκεῖν)] near to be delivered, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.4.19.)]
V take with or besides, take as an assistant, τὴν δίκην σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584; ἄτεγκτον σ. καρδίαν [prev. author] “HF” 833.)]
VI with dative person, take pert with another, assist him, οὐ τοῖς ἀθύμοις ἡ τύχη ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 927, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 813, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125, etc.)]; τὰ δυνατὰ τῇ πόλει ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 861)]; σ. τισί τι take part with or assist them in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lys.” 540 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.49, etc.; σ. τινί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 946, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 734 (Lyric poetry); σ. τινί τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.20: with a _preposition_, συνέλαβε γὰρ ἄλλα.. ἐς τὸ πείθεσθαι)] contributed towards persuading, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.28)]: absolutely, assist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 812 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1019 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 229, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118)]; δεῖ δὲ ξυλλαμβάνοντα τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέεσθαι while invoking the gods one must help oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 87.)]
VI.2 middle, c.genitive of things, take part in, συνελάβοντο τοῦ στρατεύματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49; ὅστις νόσου κάμνοντι συλλάβοιτο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 282)]; ξυνελάβοντο τοῦ τοιούτου οὐχ ἥκιστα, ὥστε.. especially contributed to this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47: with _dative_, καιρῷ χειμῶνος συλλαβέσθαι κυβερνητικήν)] intervene in a storm together with circumstance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c: sometimes in tmesi, ξύμ μοι λάβεσθε τοῦ μύθου [prev. author] “Phdr.” 237a, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.559 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus).)]