What does λῆμψις (lēmpsis) mean in the Bible?
λῆμψις (lēmpsis): The concrete act of receiving, emphasizing actual receipt rather than mere willingness or capacity to receive
Greek · G3028
λῆμψις
λῆμψις (lēmpsis): The concrete act of receiving, emphasizing actual receipt rather than mere willingness or capacity to receive
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λῆμψιςG3028
Pronunciationlēmpsis
What does λῆμψις (lēmpsis) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G3028?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include receiving (1).
Where does λῆμψις (lēmpsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 4:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itreceiving1×Philippians 4:15
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First aligned rowPhilippians 4:15
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philippians1
Source forms
λήμψεως1xlēmpseōsPhilippians 4:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xPhilippians 4:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The concrete act of receiving, emphasizing actual receipt rather than mere willingness or capacity to receive
Strong'sG3028
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
receipt (the act)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
The concrete act of receiving, emphasizing actual receipt rather than mere willingness or capacity to receive
(λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pro.15:29; λ. δώρων, Pro.15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Sir.41:19 42:7 * ;] receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Php.4:15.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 4:15Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λήψεως,lhyewv
a receiving
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternGenitive (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FemininePhil 4:151×
Word Origins
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