G2983 Greek

λαμβάνω

lambánō
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))

KJV Translations of G2983

accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up)

Word Origin & Derivation

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 G1209 (δέχομαι) is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one;

G2983 in the King James Bible

248 verses
Acts 1:8 λήψεσθε

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:20 λάβοι

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

Acts 1:25 λαβεῖν

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 2:23 λαβόντες

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Acts 2:33 λαβὼν

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Acts 2:38 λήψεσθε

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 3:3 λαβεῖν

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

Acts 3:5 λαβεῖν

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Acts 7:53 ἐλάβετε

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Acts 8:15 λάβωσιν

Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: