ἘΚΛΑΒΩΝ, ἐκλαβων
EKLABŌN, eklabōn
Sounds Like: ek-lah-BOHN
Translations: taking, having taken, receiving, having received, understanding, having understood, interpreting, having interpreted, taking out, having taken out, choosing, having chosen
From the root: ἘΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active participle of the verb ἐκλαμβάνω (eklambanō). It describes an action that has been completed in the past, often translated as 'having taken' or 'having received'. It can also mean to understand, interpret, or choose, depending on the context. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb in a sentence.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1653 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:40
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 31:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΞΕΛΑΒΟΝ — they took out, they received, they understood, they interpreted
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