ἘΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΕΙΝ, ἐκλαμβανειν
EKLAMBANEIN, eklambanein
Sounds Like: ek-LAM-ba-nin
Translations: to take, to receive, to understand, to interpret, to assume, to suppose
From the root: ΕΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to take or receive something, often implying a mental grasp or understanding. It can be used to describe the act of interpreting a statement or assuming a certain fact. It can also mean to take someone for something, or to take a thing in a certain way.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1618 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:249
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΛΑΒΟΙ — take, take up, take away, receive, seize, understand, interpret
- ἘΚΛΑΒΟΥΣΑΙ — having taken out, having received, having understood, having interpreted
- ἘΚΛΑΜΒΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ — taking, receiving, understanding, interpreting, assuming
- ΕΚΛΑΒΑΙ — take, receive, understand, perceive, grasp, interpret
- ΕΚΛΑΒΟΙ — he might take, he might receive, he might understand, he might interpret
- ΕΞΕΛΑΒΟΝ — I took out, I received, I accepted, I understood, I took
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