προσλαμβάνω

προσλαμβάνω — proslambánō

προσλαμβάνω: 2 aorist infinitive προσλαβεῖν (Act 27:34 Rec. see below); middle, present προσλαμβάνομαι; 2 aorist προσελαβομην; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; to take to, take in addition (cf. πρός, IV. 2); in the N. T. found only in the middle, to take to oneself (cf. Buttmann, § 135, 4): τινα (cf. Buttmann, 160f (140));

a. to take as one's companion (A. V. take one unto one): Act 17:5; Rev 18:1-24 b. to take by the hand in order to lead aside (A. V. (simply) take): Mat 16:22; Mar 8:32.

c. to take or (so A. V.) receive into one's home, with the collateral idea of kindness: Phm 1:12. R G, Phm 1:17; into shelter, Act 28:2.

d. to receive, i. e. grant one access to one's heart; to take into friendship and contact: Rom 14:1; Rom 15:7; God and Christ are said προσλάβεσθαι (to have received) those whom, formerly estranged from them, they have reunited to themselves by the blessings of the gospel, Rom 14:3; Rom 15:7; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 49, 6 [ET],(cf. Psa 26:10; Psa 64:5; Psalm 72:24.

e. to take to oneself, to take: μηδέν (A. V. hating taken nothing) i. e. no food, Act 27:33; τροφῆς (a portion of (A. V. (not R. V.) 'some')) food, cf. Buttmann, 160f (140), Act 27:36 (in Act 27:34 G L T Tr WH have restored μεταλαβεῖν (so R. V. (`to take some food')) for προσλαβεῖν).