ΛΗΜΨΗ, λημψη
LĒMPSĒ, lēmpsē
Sounds Like: LEEM-psee
Translations: a taking, a receiving, a seizure, a capture, a collection
From the root: ΛΗΜΨΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of taking, receiving, or seizing something. It can also denote a collection or a capture. It is used to describe the acquisition of an object, a person, or even an idea.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3000 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 19:3
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 24:7, 24:37, 24:38, 24:40
- Judges — 6:26
- Judith — 2:5
- Job — 40:28
- Isaiah — 14:4
- Zechariah — 6:11
- Epistle of Barnabas — 19:3, 19:4
- Shepherd of Hermas — 18:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 6:21, 21:30, 24:4, 24:7, 24:37, 24:38, 24:40, 28:1, 28:6, 30:15, 31:50
- Exodus — 4:9, 4:17, 7:15, 20:7, 21:14, 23:8, 28:9, 29:1, 29:7, 29:12, 29:13, 29:15, 29:19, 29:20, 29:21, 29:22, 29:25, 29:26, 29:31, 30:16, 40:7
- Leviticus — 18:17, 18:18, 19:15, 19:17, 25:36
- Numbers — 1:49, 3:41, 3:47, 8:8, 31:30
- Deuteronomy — 5:11, 7:3, 7:25, 14:24, 15:17, 22:6, 22:7, 26:2, 28:30
- Judges — 4:6, 6:26
- 1 Samuel — 10:4, 21:9
- 1 Kings — 17:11
- 2 Kings — 9:3, 19:4
- Judith — 2:5
- Tobit — 6:17
- Job — 40:23
- Isaiah — 14:4
- Ezekiel — 4:4, 4:5, 4:6, 5:1, 5:2, 5:3, 5:4, 37:16
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 10:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΜΨΙΣ.
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.
- ΛΗΜΨΕΩΣ — (of) taking, (of) receiving, (of) seizing, a taking, a receiving, a seizing
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