To take up/suppose
ὑπολαμβάνωStrong’s G5274hupolambanō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupolambanō is the Greek word usually translated “take it”, “having taken up” and “hid”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “take it”, “having taken up” and “hid”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i take it 1
- having taken up 1
- hid 1
- suppose 1
- to receive 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- 3 John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 7:43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Acts 1:9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Acts 2:15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Greek dictionary
ὑπολαμβάνω hupolambanō · to take up/suppose
ὑπο-λαμβάνω [in LXX: Job.2:4 4:1 and frequently (עָנָה), Psa.48:9 (דָּמָה pi.), Tob.6:17, Wis.17:2, 3Ma.3:8 3Mac 3:11, al. ;] 1. to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): with accusative of person(s), Act.1:9. 2. to receive, welcome, entertain (Xen.): III Jn 8. 3. to catch up in speech (Hdt., al.; Jb, ll. with): Luk.10:30. 4. Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., al.; To, Wis, 3Mac, ll. with): Act.2:15; before ὅτι (see Bl., § 70, 2), Luk.7:43.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “suppose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUPPOSE, verb transitive
suppo'ze. [Latin suppositus, suppono.]
- To lay down or state as a proposition or fact that may exist or be true, though not known or believed to be true or to exist; or to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration.
- To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.“Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all young men, the king's sons; for Ammon only is dead” 2 Samuel 13:32
- To imagine; to think.
- To require to exist or be true.
All definitions and other forms of “suppose”
- To put one thing by fraud in the place of another. [Not in use.]
SUPPO'SE, noun
Supposition; position without proof.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.