What does ἀντιλαμβάνομαι (antilambánomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι (antilambánomai): To take hold of or lay hold upon; help by grasping or supporting actively, not passively.
Greek · G482
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι
To help
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ἀντιλαμβάνομαι G482
Pronunciation antilambánomai
What does ἀντιλαμβάνομαι (antilambánomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι (antilambánomai): To take hold of or lay hold upon; help by grasping or supporting actively, not passively.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G482?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include He has helped (1), help (1), receiving (1).
Where does ἀντιλαμβάνομαι (antilambánomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:54. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It He has helped 1× Luke 1:54
help 1× Acts 20:35
receiving 1× 1 Timothy 6:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:54
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἀντελάβετο 1x antelabeto Luke 1:54
ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι 1x antilambanesthai Acts 20:35
ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι 1x antilambanomenoi 1 Timothy 6:2
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 1:54
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x Acts 20:35
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To take hold of or lay hold upon; help by grasping or supporting actively, not passively.
Strong's G482
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 1:54 Source Gloss
to help
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To take hold of or lay hold upon; help by grasping or supporting actively, not passively.
[frequently in LXX for חָזַק hi., סָמַךְ, etc ;] to take instead of or in turn. Mid., with genitive, to take hold of;
bof things, to partake of: 1Ti.6:2 (see Field, Notes, 210; Cremer, 386; and cf. συν-αντιλαμβάνω).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:54 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἀντελάβετο antelabeto
I take hold of, help, share in
Read verse Acts 20:35 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Infinitive
ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι antilambanesqai
I take hold of, help, share in
Read verse 1 Timothy 6:2 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀντιλαμβανόμενοι. antilambanomenoi
I take hold of, help, share in
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Middle Luke 1:54 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Middle Acts 20:35 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle 1 Tim 6:2 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
middle 3
Mood
participle 1 infinitive 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
to come to the aid of a person, God helping His servant
to support or assist those in need, Christian obligation to aid the weak
to participate in or share in benefits, enjoying good service
Word Origins
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain