lambanō
Pronunciation
läm-bä'-nō (Key)
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses
TDNT Reference
4:5,495
Vines
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Outline of Biblical Usage 1) to take
a) to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
1) to take up a thing to be carried
2) to take upon one's self
b) to take in order to carry away
1) without the notion of violence, i,e to remove, take away
c) to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
1) to claim, procure, for one's self
a) to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
2) of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend
3) to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud
4) to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to appropriate to one's self
5) catch at, reach after, strive to obtain
6) to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
d) to take
1) to admit, receive
2) to receive what is offered
3) not to refuse or reject
4) to receive a person, give him access to one's self,
a) to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
e) to take, to choose, select
f) to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience
2) to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
Mt.10:38 And he who does not
take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Mk.8:34 And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself,
and take up his cross and follow Me.
Mk. 10:21 (KJV, the cross isn't mentioned in the NASB) Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him, "One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come
take up the cross and follow Me.
Now I notice that Jesus is telling them to take up the cross and follow him before Jesus took up the literal cross and died . I also noticed that the only time anyone is told to take up the cross and follow Jesus is before He died. So, what was Jesus really talking about when He told people to take up the cross and follow Him? I'm kinda befuddled
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