Definition
ἀνα-λαμβάνω
[in LXX chiefly for נָשָׂא, also for לָקַח, etc. ;]
1. to take up, raise: Mark 16:19, Acts 1:2, 11; 1:22; 10:16, 1 Timothy 3:16.
2. to take up, take to oneself: Acts 7:43; 20:13-14; 23:31, Ephesians 6:13, 16, 2 Timothy 4:11 (for late exx., v MM, VGT, see word).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀναλαμβάνω:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Mark 16:19ἀνελήμφθη · He was taken upAfter the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Acts 1:2ἀνελήμφθη · He was taken up [to heaven]…until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
- Acts 1:11ἀναλημφθεὶς · has been taken“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
- Acts 1:22ἀνελήμφθη · [Jesus] was taken up…beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
- Acts 7:43ἀνελάβετε · You have taken alongYou have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
- Acts 10:16ἀνελήμφθη · was taken back upThis happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
- Acts 20:13ἀναλαμβάνειν · takeWe went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
- Acts 20:14ἀναλαβόντες · we took him aboardAnd when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
- Acts 23:31ἀναλαβόντες · [and] broughtSo the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
- Ephesians 6:13ἀναλάβετε · take upTherefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
- Ephesians 6:16ἀναλαβόντες · take upIn addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- 1 Timothy 3:16ἀνελήμφθη · was taken upBy common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- 2 Timothy 4:11ἀναλαβὼν · GetOnly Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.