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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. p.) Taken.

2. (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.

3. (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.

4. (v. t.) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.

5. (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.

6. (v. t.) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.

7. (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person.

8. (v. t.) To draw; to deduce; to derive.

9. (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.

10. (v. t.) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.

11. (v. t.) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery.

12. (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

13. (v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.

14. (v. t.) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

15. (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.

16. (v. t.) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.

17. (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.

18. (v. t.) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.

19. (v. t.) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.

20. (v. i.) To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.

21. (v. i.) To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

22. (v. i.) To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

23. (v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.

24. (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.

25. (n.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TAKE

tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. "To take" in the sense of "capture" is still common, but when a person or living animal is in point, modern English usually adds "prisoner" or "captive." English Versions of the Bible not infrequently has this addition (Genesis 14:14, etc.), but more commonly "take" is used without it (Joshua 10:39; Job 5:13; Sirach 23:21; John 7:30, etc.). An occasional obscurity is thus caused, as in Genesis 27:3, "take me venison" for "hunt venison for me." "To take advice" (2 Chronicles 25:17; the King James Version Judges 19:30, the Revised Version (British and American) "counsel") is "to reflect," not "to consult others" (compare 1 Kings 12:28; but contrast 2 Kings 6:8, etc.). "To take knowledge of" is "to learn thoroughly," "investigate" (1 Samuel 23:23, etc.), as is "to take notice of" (2 Samuel 3:36). "To take an oath of" (Genesis 50:25, etc.) is "to exact an oath of." "To be taken with a disease" in the King James Version Matthew 4:24 Luke 4:38 is "to suffer with" (the Revised Version (British and American) "be holden with"), but in 1 Maccabees 9:55; 2 Maccabees 9:21 (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)), the context gives the force "be attacked by," as in modern English Compare the King James Version Luke 8:37 (the Revised Version (British and American) "holden"); Micah 4:9 (the Revised Version (British and American) "take hold of"). "Take" occurs in the sense "overtake" in the King James Version Genesis 19:19 (the Revised Version (British and American) "overtake"); Sirach 36:26. "Take away" has sometimes a more forcible significance than in modern English, as in the King James Version Leviticus 6:2, "a thing taken away by violence" (the Revised Version (British and American) "robbery"); Daniel 11:12, the King James Version "He hath taken away the multitude," where the meaning is "swept away" (compare the Revised Version margin "carried away"; the Revised Version (British and American) "shall be lifted up" is inappropriate here). So in "lest he take thee away with his stroke" (the King James Version Job 36:18), "take away" means simply "slay." (The text here is intensely obscure, and the Revised Version (British and American) has followed a different interpretation.) So "to be taken away" may mean simply "to die," as in Ezekiel 33:6; The Wisdom of Solomon 14:15; Sirach 16:9; 19:03; Mark 2:20, although in 1 Corinthians 5:2 it means "to be expelled." "To take away judgment" or "right" (Job 27:2; Job 34:5 Acts 8:33) is "to refuse it," but in Zechariah 3:15 English Versions of the Bible means "the sentence against thee is canceled" (the Hebrew text is dubious). Nehemiah 5:2 the King James Version has "take up" for "get" (so the Revised Version (British and American)), perhaps with the connotation "on credit." "Take up" is also used frequently for "utter solemnly" (Numbers 23:7 Isaiah 14:4, etc.), a use due to the Hebrew "lift up," "exalt" (nasa'). For "take up" in the sense of "lift" (physically), compare Isaiah 40:15 Acts 7:43; the King James Version 21:15. "Take care" in Tobit 5:20; 1 Corinthians 9:9 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "to care") means "be anxious about," "have in mind" And the very obscure "scurrility in the matter of giving and taking" (Sirach 41:19) is explained by the Hebrew to mean "refusing the gift for which thou art besought." The following phrases are archaic, but hardly need explanation: "Take indignation" (Nehemiah 4:1); "take wrong" (1 Corinthians 6:7); "take up in the lips" (Ezekiel 36:3; the King James Version Psalm 16:4, "take.... into my lips," the Revised Version (British and American) "take.... upon my lips"); and in the King James Version "take to record" (Acts 20:26, the Revised Version (British and American) "testify unto"); "take shame" (Micah 2:6 the King James Version).

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Greek

337. anaireo -- to take up, take away, make an end
... to take up, take away, make an end. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anaireo
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I take up, abolish ...
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353. analambano -- to take up, raise
... to take up, raise. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: analambano Phonetic Spelling:
(an-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take up, raise Definition: I take up ...
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142. airo -- to raise, take up, lift
... to raise, take up, lift. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: airo Phonetic Spelling:
(ah'-ee-ro) Short Definition: I raise, lift up Definition: I raise, lift ...
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4838. sumparalambano -- to take along with
... to take along with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumparalambano Phonetic
Spelling: (soom-par-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take along as a ...
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851. aphaireo -- to take from, take away
... to take from, take away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aphaireo Phonetic
Spelling: (af-ahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I take away, smite off Definition ...
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482. antilambano -- to take instead of, take hold of
... to take instead of, take hold of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antilambano
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-lam-ban'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I take hold of ...
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2983. lambano -- to take, receive
... to take, receive. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lambano Phonetic Spelling:
(lam-ban'-o) Short Definition: I receive, take Definition: (a) I receive, get ...
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2507. kathaireo -- to take down, pull down
... to take down, pull down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kathaireo Phonetic
Spelling: (kath-ahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I take down, depose, destroy ...
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4355. proslambano -- to take in addition
... to take in addition. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proslambano Phonetic
Spelling: (pros-lam-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take to myself, welcome ...
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4014. periaireo -- to take away (that which surrounds)
... to take away (that which surrounds). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periaireo
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-ahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I strip off, cast ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7617. shabah -- to take captive
... 7616, 7617. shabah. 7618 . to take captive. Transliteration: shabah Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-baw') Short Definition: taken. Word Origin a prim. ...
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270. achaz -- to grasp, take hold, take possession
... 269, 270. achaz. 271 . to grasp, take hold, take possession. Transliteration:
achaz Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khaz') Short Definition: seized. Word Origin a prim ...
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6237. asar -- to take the tenth of, tithe
... asar. 6238 . to take the tenth of, tithe. Transliteration: asar Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-sar') Short Definition: tenth. ... give the tenth, have, take tithing truly. ...
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6901. qabal -- to receive, take
... qabal. 6902 . to receive, take. Transliteration: qabal Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-bal') Short Definition: accept. ... choose, take hold, receive, undertake. ...
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5157. nachal -- to get or take as a possession
... 5156, 5157. nachal. 5158 . to get or take as a possession. Transliteration:
nachal Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khal') Short Definition: inherit. ...
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5358. naqam -- to avenge, take vengeance
... 5357, 5358. naqam. 5359 . to avenge, take vengeance. Transliteration: naqam
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kam') Short Definition: avenge. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3423. yarash -- to take possession of, inherit, dispossess
... yarash or yaresh. 3424 . to take possession of, inherit, dispossess. Transliteration:
yarash or yaresh Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rash') Short Definition: possess ...
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3947. laqach -- to take
... 3946, 3947. laqach. 3948 . to take. Transliteration: laqach Phonetic Spelling:
(law-kakh') Short Definition: take. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3320. yatsab -- to set or station oneself, take one's stand
... yatsab. 3321 . to set or station oneself, take one's stand. Transliteration: yatsab
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-tsab') Short Definition: stand. Word Origin a prim ...
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3920. lakad -- to capture, seize, take
... to capture, seize, take. Transliteration: lakad Phonetic Spelling: (law-kad') Short
Definition: captured. ... catch self, be frozen, stick together, take. ...
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Library

Whether it is a Sin to Take Usury for Money Lent?
... (E) BY SINS COMMITTED IN LOANS (Q ) Whether it is a sin to take usury
for money lent? Objection 1: It would seem that it is not ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is a sin.htm

Whether it is Expedient to Take Vows?
... SERVICE BY PROMISE (Q ) Whether it is expedient to take vows? Objection
1: It would seem that it is not expedient to take vows. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is expedient to.htm

Ere Another Step I Take
... Ere another step I take. 7,7,7,7 "I commune with mine own heart." " Psalm
77:6. Ere another step I take. In my wilful wandering way,. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/waring/hymns and meditations/ere another step i take.htm

Whether the Judgment Will Take Place by Word of Mouth?
... OF THE GENERAL JUDGMENT, AS TO THE TIME AND PLACE AT WHICH IT WILL BE (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether the judgment will take place by word of mouth? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judgment will take.htm

Whether the Judgment Will Take Place in the Valley of Josaphat?
... OF THE GENERAL JUDGMENT, AS TO THE TIME AND PLACE AT WHICH IT WILL BE (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether the judgment will take place in the valley of Josaphat? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judgment will take 2.htm

January 18. "That Take and Give for Me and Thee" (Matt. xvii. 27).
... JANUARY 18. "That take and give for Me and thee" (Matt. xvii. 27). "That
take and give for Me and thee" (Matthew 17:27). There ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /january 18 that take and.htm

September the Twenty-Seventh Take and Eat
... SEPTEMBER The Twenty-seventh TAKE AND EAT. JOHN vi.52-63. There is, first
of all, appropriation. I must "stretch out" "lame hands ...
/.../september the twenty-seventh take and.htm

'The Rulers Take Counsel Together'
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV 'THE RULERS TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER'.
'And the whole multitude of them arose, and led Him unto ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the rulers take counsel together.htm

What the Mind Should Take up First, what Last...
... Book V. 2 What the mind should take up first, what last� What the mind
should take up first, what last, or what it should pass ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/2 what the mind should.htm

Take Me as I Am. PM
... 241 Take Me As I Am. PM. No Hope in Self. Jesus, my Lord, to thee I cry; Unless
thou help me, I must die; Oh, bring thy free salvation nigh And take me as I am. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/241 take me as i.htm

Thesaurus

Take (11064 Occurrences)
... or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's
power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a ...
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Vine-garden (43 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 19:10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit
dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country ...
/v/vine-garden.htm - 19k

Kidneys (15 Occurrences)
... Exodus 29:13 You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the
liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the ...
/k/kidneys.htm - 16k

Attempting (24 Occurrences)
... Matthew 2:20 Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into
the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's ...
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Vines (39 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 9:7 Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible
for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? ...
/v/vines.htm - 18k

Soothing (40 Occurrences)
... Exodus 29:25 You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on
the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made ...
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Strip (33 Occurrences)
... 13. (vi) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress. 14.
(vi) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. ...
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Vine-gardens (41 Occurrences)
... 23:11 But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that
the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. ...
/v/vine-gardens.htm - 19k

Splinter (5 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 7:4 Or how say to your brother, 'Allow me to take the splinter
out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye? (WEY). ...
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Snatch (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without
permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. ...
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Bible Concordance

Take (11064 Occurrences)

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