ἈΠΟΛΑΒΕΙΝ, ἀπολαβειν
APOLABEIN, apolabein
Sounds Like: ah-po-lah-BANE
Translations: to receive back, to get back, to recover, to obtain, to receive
From the root: ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἀπό' (away from, back) and the verb 'λαμβάνω' (to take, to receive). It generally means to receive something back, to recover what was lost or due, or to obtain something that is rightfully yours. It can also simply mean to receive, especially in the sense of receiving a reward or recompense.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:7
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 1:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 10:182
- Book 4 — 8:304
- Book 6 — 6:117, 7:133, 13:318
- Book 7 — 1:26, 10:236, 11:271
- Book 10 — 10:217
- Book 12 — 7:302, 7:303
- Book 13 — 2:38, 2:40
- Book 16 — 9:279, 9:281
- Book 17 — 12:327
- Book 18 — 9:334
- Book 19 — 6:313
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΟΙ — taken away, cut off, intercepted, isolated, surrounded, received back, those taken away, those cut off, those intercepted, those isolated, those surrounded, those received back
- ἈΠΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΩΝ — taken away, received back, recovered, shut off, cut off, isolated, of those taken away, of those received back, of those recovered, of those shut off, of those cut off, of those isolated
- ἈΠΕΙΛΗΦΑ — I have received, I have taken back, I have obtained, I have recovered
- ἈΠΕΙΛΗΦΟΤΕΣ — having received, having taken back, having recovered, having obtained, having gotten
- ἈΠΕΙΛΗΦΟΤΟΣ — of having received, of having taken back, of having recovered, of having obtained
- ἈΠΕΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝ — they were receiving back, they were getting back, they were recovering, they were obtaining, they were receiving in full
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΕ — Receive!, Take back!, Recover!, Get back!
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΕΤΕ — receive, take back, get back
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΗ — receipt, recompense, reward, restoration, a receipt, a recompense, a reward, a restoration
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΟΙ — receive back, take back, recover, get, obtain
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΟΜΕΝΟΣ — receiving, having received, taking aside, taking back, recovering
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΟΥΣΗΣ — (of) receiving, (of) taking back, (of) obtaining, (of) recovering
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΩΣΙ — receive back, get back, recover, receive in full, obtain
- ἈΠΟΛΑΒΩΣΙΝ — receive back, get back, obtain, recover, be recompensed
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΕ — receive back, get back, recover, obtain, take aside, receive, get
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΙ — receives back, recovers, gets, obtains, takes aside, takes apart
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΙΣ — you receive, you get back, you recover, you take back, you obtain
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to receive back, to get back, to recover, to take away, to be received back, to be recovered
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΙ — receive back, recover, get back, take aside, obtain, receive in full
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΜΕΝ — we receive, we are receiving, we get back, we are getting back, we recover, we are recovering, we take back, we are taking back
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being received back, being taken back, being recovered, being restored, being cut off, being intercepted
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ — receiving, taking back, getting back, recovering, obtaining, enjoying
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) receiving, (of) taking back, (of) recovering, (of) getting, (of) obtaining
- ἈΠΟΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ — receive, take back, get back, obtain, recover, take aside, take apart, take away
- ἈΠΟΛΗΨΕΣΘΑΙ — to receive back, to get back, to recover, to obtain, to receive, to take
- ἈΠΟΛΗΨΟΜΕΘΑ — we will receive back, we will get back, we will recover
- ἈΠΟΛΗΨΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — about to receive, about to take back, about to get back, about to recover
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