What does ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō) is a Greek word meaning "to take up/suppose".
Greek · G5274
ὑπολαμβάνω
To take up/suppose
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ὑπολαμβάνω G5274
Pronunciation hypolambánō
What does ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō) mean in the Bible?
ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō) is a Greek word meaning "to take up/suppose".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5274?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hid (1), I suppose (1), suppose (1), to support (1), took up [this question] (1).
Where does ὑπολαμβάνω (hypolambánō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 7:43. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), 3 John (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 hid 1× Acts 1:9
I suppose 1× Luke 7:43
suppose 1× Acts 2:15
to support 1× 3 John 1:8
took up [this question] 1× Luke 10:30
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 7:43 Ὑπολαμβάνω to I suppose Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Luke 10:30 Ὑπολαβὼν to took up [this question] Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 1:9 ὑπέλαβεν to hid Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 2:15 ὑπολαμβάνετε to suppose Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 3 John 1:8 ὑπολαμβάνειν to to support Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 7:43
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 2 Acts 2 3 John 1
Source forms
ὑπέλαβεν 1x hypelaben Acts 1:9
Ὑπολαβὼν 1x Hypolabōn Luke 10:30
ὑπολαμβάνειν 1x hypolambanein 3 John 1:8
ὑπολαμβάνετε 1x hypolambanete Acts 2:15
Ὑπολαμβάνω 1x Hypolambanō Luke 7:43
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 1:9
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 10:30
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Luke 7:43
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 2:15
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x 3 John 1:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to take up/suppose
Strong's G5274
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to take up/suppose
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 7:43 Verb First Person Singular Present Active Indicative
Ὑπολαμβάνω upolambanw
I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome
Read verse Luke 10:30 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ὑπολαβὼν upolabwn
I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome
Read verse Acts 1:9 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
ὑπέλαβεν upelaben
I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome
Read verse Acts 2:15 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
ὑπολαμβάνετε, upolambanete
I take up, receive, answer, suppose, welcome
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 5 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Present Active Luke 7:43 · Acts 2:15 2×
Aorist Active Acts 1:9 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Luke 10:30 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 3 John 1:8 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3 aorist 2
Voice
active 5
Mood
indicative 3 infinitive 1 participle 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)
Word Origins
ὑπολαμβάνω is built from these roots:
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