ὑπολαμβάνωhypolambánō
to take from below, i.e. carry upward; figuratively, to take up, i.e. continue a discourse or topic; mentally, to assume (presume)
Greek (New Testament) · G5274
Meanings
1. to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): with acc person, Acts 1:9.
2. to receive, welcome, entertain: 3 John 1:8.
3. to catch up in speech: Luke 10:30.
4. Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., and elsewhere; Tobit 6:17, Wisdom 17:2, III Mac, ll. c.): Acts 2:15; followed by ὅτι (see Bl., § 70, 2), Luke 7:43.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Luke 7:43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.” “That’s right,” Jesus said.
- Luke 10:30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
- Acts 1:9 After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.
- Acts 2:15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that.
- 3 John 1:8 So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.