4815. sullambanó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
sullambanó: To seize, to apprehend, to conceive, to assist

Original Word: συλλαμβάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sullambanó
Pronunciation: sool-lam-ban'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (sool-lam-ban'-o)
Definition: To seize, to apprehend, to conceive, to assist
Meaning: I seize, apprehend, assist, conceive, become pregnant.

Word Origin: From σύν (syn, "with") and λαμβάνω (lambanó, "to take" or "to seize")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often involves terms like תָּפַשׂ (taphas, "to seize") or לָקַח (laqach, "to take"), which carry similar meanings of capturing or taking hold.

Usage: The Greek verb "sullambanó" primarily means to seize or apprehend, often used in the context of arresting or capturing someone. It can also mean to conceive, as in the conception of a child, or to assist or help someone. The term is versatile, reflecting both physical and metaphorical actions of taking hold or joining together.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "sullambanó" would have been understood in various contexts, from legal and military actions (such as arresting a criminal or enemy) to personal and familial situations (such as the conception of a child). The term reflects the communal and interconnected nature of ancient societies, where actions often involved collective participation or intervention.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sun and lambanó
Definition
to collect, i.e. to take, by impl. to take part with, spec. to conceive
NASB Translation
arrest (3), arrested (4), became pregnant (1), conceive (1), conceived (3), help (2), seized (1), taken (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4815: συλλαμβάνω

συλλαμβάνω (sometimes συνλαμβάνω (see below)): future 2 person singular συλλήψῃ (L T Tr WH συλλήμψῃ (see Mu)), Luke 1:31; perfect (3rd person singular συνείληφεν, Luke 1:36 Tr text WH), participle feminine συνειληφυῖα (Luke 1:36 R G L T); 2 aorist συνέλαβον; 1 aorist passive συνεληφθην (L T Tr WH συνελήμφθην; see Mu); middle, present imperative 2 person singular συλλαμβάνου (T Tr WH συνλαμβανου, cf. σύν, II. at the end; Tdf Proleg., p. 76) Philippians 4:3; 2 aorist συνελαβομην; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for תָּפַשׂ and לָכַד;

1. Active,

a. to seize, take: τινα, one as a prisoner, Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; Luke 22:54; John 18:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 275 (259)); Acts 1:16; Acts 12:3; Acts 23:27; ἀργαν ἰχθύων, Luke 5:9.

b. to conceive, of a woman (often so in the Sept. for הָרָה): absolutely, Luke 1:24 (Aristotle, h. a. 7, 1, p. 582{a}, 19; genitive an. 1, 19, p. 727^b, 8f; (Phil. de vitand. acre alien. 4. 4; cf. Winers Grammar, 593 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 5)); with ἐν γαστρί added, Luke 1:31: τινα, a son (Luke 1:36); with ἐν τῇ κοιλία added, Luke 2:21; metaphorically, of 'lust,' whose impulses a man indulges, James 1:15.

2. Middle a. to seize for oneself; in a hostile sense, to make (one a permanent) prisoner: τινα, Acts 26:21.

b. with the dative of a person to take hold together with one, to assist, help: Luke 5:7; to succor, Philippians 4:3 (Sophocles Phil. 282; Plato, Theag., p. 129{e}; Diodorus 11, 40; in this sense in Greek writings more commonly in the active).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
catch, conceive, help, take.

From sun and lambano; to clasp, i.e. Seize (arrest, capture); specially, to conceive (literally or figuratively); by implication, to aid -- catch, conceive, help, take.

see GREEK sun

see GREEK lambano

Forms and Transliterations
συλλαβειν συλλαβείν συλλαβεῖν συλλαβεσθαι συλλαβέσθαι συλλάβετε συλλαβέτω συλλάβη συλλάβητε συλλαβομενοι συλλαβόμενοι Συλλαβοντες Συλλαβόντες συλλαβουσα συλλαβούσα συλλαβοῦσα συλλαβούσης συλλαβούσι συλλαβουσιν συλλαβοῦσιν συλλαμβάνονται συλλαμβάνου συλλημφθεντα συλλημφθέντα συλλημφθηναι συλλημφθῆναι συλλημψη συλλήμψῃ συλληφθέντα συλληφθέντας συλληφθήναι συλληφθήσεται συλληφθήση συλληφθήσονται συλληφθήτωσαν συλλήψεται συλλήψη συλληψόμεθα συλλήψονται συνειλημμένη συνείληφα συνειληφεν συνείληφεν συνειληφυία συνέλαβε συνελαβεν συνέλαβεν συνελάβετό συνελαβον συνέλαβον συνέλαβοσαν συνελαμβάνοσαν συνελήφθη συνελήφθην συνελήφθησαν συνλαμβανου συνλαμβάνου sullabein sullabesthai sullabomenoi Sullabontes sullabousa sullabousin sullambanou sullemphthenai sullēmphthēnai sullemphthenta sullēmphthenta sullempse sullēmpsē suneilephen suneilēphen sunelaben sunelabon syllabein syllabeîn syllabesthai syllabésthai syllabomenoi syllabómenoi Syllabontes Syllabóntes syllabousa syllaboûsa syllabousin syllaboûsin syllambanou syllambánou syllemphthenai syllemphthênai syllēmphthēnai syllēmphthē̂nai syllemphthenta syllemphthénta syllēmphthenta syllēmphthénta syllempse syllēmpsē syllḗmpsei syllḗmpsēi syneilephen syneilēphen syneílephen syneílēphen synelaben synélaben synelabon synélabon
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 26:55 V-ANA
GRK: καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με καθ'
NAS: and clubs to arrest Me as [you would] against
KJV: and staves for to take me? I sat
INT: and clubs to capture me every

Mark 14:48 V-ANA
GRK: καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με
NAS: and clubs to arrest Me, as [you would] against
KJV: and [with] staves to take me?
INT: and clubs to capture me

Luke 1:24 V-AIA-3S
GRK: τὰς ἡμέρας συνέλαβεν Ἐλισάβετ ἡ
NAS: his wife became pregnant, and she kept
KJV: wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid
INT: days conceived Elizabeth the

Luke 1:31 V-FIM-2S
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ συλλήμψῃ ἐν γαστρὶ
NAS: And behold, you will conceive in your womb
KJV: behold, thou shalt conceive in
INT: and Behold you will conceive in [your] womb

Luke 1:36 V-RIA-3S
GRK: καὶ αὐτὴ συνείληφεν υἱὸν ἐν
NAS: has also conceived a son
KJV: hath also conceived a son in
INT: also she has conceived a son in

Luke 2:21 V-ANP
GRK: πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν
NAS: before He was conceived in the womb.
KJV: before he was conceived in the womb.
INT: before was conceived he in

Luke 5:7 V-ANM
GRK: τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς καὶ
NAS: for them to come and help them. And they came
KJV: that they should come and help them.
INT: that having come they should help them and

Luke 5:9 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ἰχθύων ὧν συνέλαβον
NAS: of fish which they had taken;
KJV: of the fishes which they had taken:
INT: fish which they had taken

Luke 22:54 V-APA-NMP
GRK: Συλλαβόντες δὲ αὐτὸν
NAS: Having arrested Him, they led
KJV: Then took they him, and led
INT: having seized moreover him

John 18:12 V-AIA-3P
GRK: τῶν Ἰουδαίων συνέλαβον τὸν Ἰησοῦν
NAS: of the Jews, arrested Jesus
KJV: officers of the Jews took Jesus, and
INT: of the Jews took hold of Jesus

Acts 1:16 V-APA-DMP
GRK: ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν
NAS: a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
KJV: was guide to them that took Jesus.
INT: guide to the [ones] having arrested Jesus

Acts 12:3 V-ANA
GRK: Ἰουδαίοις προσέθετο συλλαβεῖν καὶ Πέτρον
NAS: he proceeded to arrest Peter
KJV: he proceeded further to take Peter
INT: Jews he proceeded to take also Peter

Acts 23:27 V-APP-AMS
GRK: ἄνδρα τοῦτον συλλημφθέντα ὑπὸ τῶν
NAS: man was arrested by the Jews
KJV: This man was taken of the Jews,
INT: man This having been seized by the

Acts 26:21 V-APM-NMP
GRK: με Ἰουδαῖοι συλλαβόμενοι ὄντα ἐν
NAS: [some] Jews seized me in the temple
KJV: these causes the Jews caught me in
INT: me the Jews having seized being in

Philippians 4:3 V-PMM-2S
GRK: γνήσιε σύζυγε συλλαμβάνου αὐταῖς αἵτινες
NAS: I ask you also to help these women
KJV: yokefellow, help those women
INT: true yoke-fellow help these [women] who

James 1:15 V-APA-NFS
GRK: ἡ ἐπιθυμία συλλαβοῦσα τίκτει ἁμαρτίαν
NAS: when lust has conceived, it gives birth
KJV: when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
INT: lust having conceived gives birth to sin

Strong's Greek 4815
16 Occurrences


συλλαβεῖν — 3 Occ.
συλλαβέσθαι — 1 Occ.
συλλαβόμενοι — 1 Occ.
Συλλαβόντες — 1 Occ.
συλλαβοῦσα — 1 Occ.
συλλαβοῦσιν — 1 Occ.
συλλαμβάνου — 1 Occ.
συλλημφθῆναι — 1 Occ.
συλλημφθέντα — 1 Occ.
συλλήμψῃ — 1 Occ.
συνείληφεν — 1 Occ.
συνέλαβεν — 1 Occ.
συνέλαβον — 2 Occ.

















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