Greetings John and Doves,Just a nice observation I got from Steven K at his web site :
AgapeCharles Holler Sr
Greek/Hebrew DefinitionsStrong's #3880: paralambano (pronounced par-al-am-ban'-o)
from 3844 and 2983; to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn:--receive, take (unto, with).</center>
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
́paralambanō1) to take to, to take with one' s self, to join to one' s self1a) an associate, a companion1b) metaphorically1b1) to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be1b2) not to reject, not to withhold obedience2) to receive something transmitted2a) an office to be discharged2b) to receive with the mind2b1) by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds2b2) by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)Part of Speech: verbRelation: from G3844 and G2983Citing in TDNT: 4:11, 495
Usage:This word is used 51 times:< Previous 1 2 Next >Matthew 1:20: "of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for"
Matthew 1:24: "had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:"
Matthew 2:13: "a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his"
Matthew 2:14: "When he arose, he took the young child and his"
Matthew 2:20: "Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother,"
Matthew 2:21: "And he arose, and took the young child and his"
Matthew 4:5: "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy"
Matthew 4:8: "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high"
Matthew 12:45: "Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other"
Matthew 17:1: "six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and"
Matthew 18:16: "if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or"
Matthew 20:17: "going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart"
Matthew 24:40: "field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
Matthew 24:41: "the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
Matthew 26:37: "And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,"
Matthew 27:27: "soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,"
Mark 4:36: "when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in"
Mark 5:40: "they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father"
Mark 7:4: "other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and"
Mark 9:2: "six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and"
Mark 10:32: "and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve,"
Mark 14:33: "And he taketh with him Peter and James and"
Luke 9:10: "all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately"
Luke 9:28: "these sayings, he took Peter and John and"
Luke 11:26: "Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked"
Luke 17:34: "bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left."
Luke 17:35: "together; the one shall be taken, and the other"
Luke 17:36: "field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
Luke 18:31: "Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold,"
John 1:11: "his own, and his own received him not."
John 14:3: "I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that"
John 19:16: "unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away."
Acts 15:39: "departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas"
Acts 15:39: "departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas"
Acts 16:33: "And he took them the same hour of the night,"
Acts 21:24: "Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with"
Acts 21:26: "Then Paul took the men, and the next day"
Acts 21:32: "Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto"
Acts 23:18: "So he took him, and brought him to the"
1 Corinthians 11:23: "For I have received of the Lord that which also"
1 Corinthians 15:1: "unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;"
1 Corinthians 15:3: "first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died"
Galatians 1:9: "unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."
Galatians 1:12: "For I neither received it of man, neither"
Philippians 4:9: "ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen"
Colossians 2:6: "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk"
Colossians 4:17: "to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill"
1 Thessalonians 2:13: "we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard"
1 Thessalonians 4:1: "the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye"
2 Thessalonians 3:6: "the tradition which he received of us."