Acts 20:35:26Acts.20.35.W26TAB
λαμβάνειν
lambanein
“to receive”
- Transliteration
- lam-BA-nein
- Extended
- lahm-BAH-nein
- IPA
- /lamˈba.nei̯n/
Meaning by language
- English
- to receive
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
lam-BA-nein
- sentence
PAN-ta hy-PE-dei-ksa hy-MEEN HO-ti HOU-tōs ko-pi-ŌN-tas DEI an-ti-lam-BA-ne-sthai tōn as-the-NOUN-tōn mnē-mo-NEU-ein te tōn LO-gōn tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO HO-ti au-TOS EI-pen ma-KA-ri-on ES-tin MAL-lon di-DO-nai Ê lam-BA-nein
Exegesis
The comparative predicate makarion estin mallon didonai ē lambanein places makarion {μακάριον | makárion} ‘blessed’ first for emphasis, modified by mallon {μᾶλλον | mãllon} ‘rather’, contrasting the infinitives didonai {διδόναι | didónai} ‘to give’ and lambanein {λαμβάνειν | lambánein} ‘to receive’. This yields the maxim “It is (much) more blessed to give than to receive,” preserving the logical contrast and imperative force of dei.
Root and etymology
analambanoanalambano: alpha–nu–alpha–lambda–alpha–mu–beta–alpha–nu–omicron
“to take up, receive”
In context — Acts 20:35
I have shown you all things, that in this way by laboring it is necessary to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus , that He Himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
About this coordinate
Acts 20:35:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Acts 20:35, so the Greek word λαμβάνειν (lambanein) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.35.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.35.W26.S1) and character.