to take up

Greek Verb

ἀνα-λαμβάνω [in LXX chiefly for נָשָׂא, also for לָקַח, etc;] 1) to take up, raise: Mrk.16:19, Act.1:2, 11 1:22 10:16, 1Ti.3:16. 2) to take up, take to oneself: Act.7:43 20:13-14 23:31, Eph.6:13, 16, 2Ti.4:11 (for late exx, v MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

to take up

Greek Verb

ἀναλαμβάνω, future -λήψομαι: Ionic dialect perfect infinitive passive -λελάμφθαι or -λελάφθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -λελαμμένος[Refs]:—take up, take into one's hands, τὸ παιδίον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; take on board ship,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; take up into heaven, in passive, [LXX+NT]: and generally, take with one, especially of troops, supplies, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἀναλαβών often = with, ἄνδρας ἀναλαβὼν ἡγήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] b) suspend in a sling, [Refs 5th c.BC+] c) metaphorically, take up, for the purpose of examining, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) receive, φιλοφρόνως ἀ.[Refs]; of women, ἀ. τὴν γονήν conceive, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 3) take upon oneself, assume, τὴν προξενίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόσμον, of a king, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρόσωπον, σχῆμα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) in middle, undertake, engage in, ἀναλαβέσθαι κίνδυνον [Refs 5th c.BC+] —also active, ἀντὶ τῆς φιλίας τὸν πόλεμον ἀναλαβεῖν Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+] 5) take up, adopt, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 6) of money, confiscate, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κλῆρος ἀνειλημμένος εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν[Refs 2nd c.BC+] 7) learn by rote, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 8) include, τῷ νόμῳ[Refs] 9) in Medicine texts, make up ingredients, κηρῷ καὶ νάρδῳ[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so in Magic, ἀ. οἴνῳ καὶ μέλιτι, ὄξει, [Refs] 10) raise, erect a wall, [Refs] 11) absolutely, lift up one's voice, [LXX] II) get back, regain, recover, τὴν ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) retrieve, make good, τὴν αἰτίην[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) restore, repair, τὴν προτέρην κακότητα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτόν recover oneself, regain strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; collect oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) take up again, resume, in narrative or argument, τὸν λόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναλαβεῖν διεξιόντα repeat in detail, [Refs]; at Rome, ἀ. θυσίας, = instaurare sacra, [Refs 1st c.AD+]recollect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without τῇ μνήμῃ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ἀ. μνήμην recover a memory, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ. run over in one's mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) receive back into a family, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) pull up short, of a horse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; check, οἷόνπερ ἵππον τὸν λόγον ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰς κύνας call them back, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) win over, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) ἀγορὰν στοαῖς ἀνειλημμένην διτταῖς, perhaps on a terrace supported by two colonnades, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to take up; receive up, take (in, unto, up); from g303 (ἀνά) and g2983 (λαμβάνω)