What does ἀπολαμβάνω · ἀγαθός mean in the Bible?
ἀπολαμβάνω · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "you received your good things".
Greek · G618, G18
ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἀγαθά σου
To receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside · "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
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ἀπολαμβάνω G618 to receive (specially, in full, or as a host); also to take aside
Pronunciation apolambánō
Receive as one's rightful due or reward, often emphasizing full and complete reception of what is owed.
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ἀγαθός G18 "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciation agathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
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What does ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἀγαθά σου (apelabes ta agatha sou) mean in the Bible?
ἀπολαμβάνω · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "you received your good things".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G618, G18?
G618, G18 is connected to 10 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. you received your good things
Source Gloss
you received your good things
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 10 Tenses Aorist, Present, Future Voices Middle, Active
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Middle Mark 7:33 1×
Present Active Rom 1:27 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 4×
Aorist Active Luke 6:34 · Luke 18:30 · Gal 4:5 · 2 John 1:8 4×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Luke 15:27 · Luke 16:25 2×
Present Active Luke 23:41 1×
Future Middle Col 3:24 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 10 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 7 present 2 future 1
Voice
active 8 middle 2
Mood
subjunctive 4 indicative 4 participle 2
NT Occurrences
Mark 7:33 ἀπολαβόμενος aorist middle participle participle Luke 6:34 ἀπολάβωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 15:27 ἀπέλαβεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 16:25 ἀπέλαβες aorist active indicative completed Luke 18:30 ἀπολάβῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 23:41 ἀπολαμβάνομεν present active indicative ongoing Romans 1:27 ἀπολαμβάνοντες present active participle participle Galatians 4:5 ἀπολάβωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Colossians 3:24 ἀπολήμψεσθε future middle indicative prospective 2 John 1:8 ἀπολάβητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive
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
ἀπέλαβες τὰ ἀγαθά σου 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